Word
Они скоро едут на завод.
Meaning
They are driving to the plant soon.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Они скоро едут на завод.
они
they
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
завод
factory
ехать
to go (by vehicle)
Questions & Answers about Они скоро едут на завод.
Why does this sentence use the present tense едут if скоро (soon) means it happens in the future?
Just like in English ("They are driving to the plant soon"), Russian often uses the present tense for actions that are already planned and going to happen in the near future.
Why do we use на instead of в for "to the plant"?
The word завод (factory or plant) is one of the special words in Russian that requires на instead of в. You just have to memorize it as a set phrase, much like going "to work" is на работу.
We are expressing motion towards a destination. Why didn't the ending of завод change?
It actually is in the accusative case, which we use for destinations! However, завод is a masculine, inanimate noun (not a person or animal). For these nouns, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the dictionary form.
Why use едут instead of идут?
едут specifically means they are traveling by some kind of vehicle (driving, taking a bus, etc.). If they were walking there on foot, you would use идут.