Questions & Answers about Вони копають грядку й прополюють її.
Yes. Ukrainian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.
- копають = they dig / they are digging
- прополюють = they weed / they are weeding
So Копають грядку й прополюють її is also possible.
Using вони makes the subject more explicit. It can add:
- clarity
- contrast
- slight emphasis on they
So this sentence is fully natural, but вони is not always required.
Because грядку is the accusative singular form, and it is the direct object of the verb копають.
The dictionary form is:
- грядка = a garden bed / flowerbed / vegetable bed
But after a transitive verb like копати (to dig), Ukrainian uses the accusative:
- грядка → грядку
This is a very common pattern for feminine nouns ending in -а:
- книга → книгу
- машина → машину
- грядка → грядку