Questions & Answers about Vi spiser is når været er varmt.
In Norwegian, is can mean either ice or ice cream. The context tells you which meaning is intended.
Because the verb is spiser (eat), Norwegian speakers understand is here as ice cream, not frozen water. If you want to be extra specific, you can also say iskrem, but is is very common in everyday speech.
Spiser is the present tense of å spise (to eat).
So:
- å spise = to eat
- spiser = eat / are eating
In this sentence, the present tense is used for a general habit or something that happens regularly: We eat ice cream when the weather is warm.
It can mean either, depending on context, because Norwegian usually uses the simple present where English sometimes uses either simple present or present continuous.
In this sentence, Vi spiser is når været er varmt is normally understood as a general statement:
- We eat ice cream when the weather is warm
- or more naturally in English, We eat ice cream whenever the weather is warm
If you wanted to stress an action happening right now, Norwegian often adds extra words instead of using a special -ing form.