Når møtet er ferdig, går vi hjem.

Here når means when.

In Norwegian, når is commonly used for:

• something that happens generally or repeatedly
• something in the present or future

So Når møtet er ferdig, går vi hjem can mean:

• When the meeting is finished, we go home
• Whenever the meeting is over, we go home

By contrast, da is usually used for one specific event in the past.

Example:

• Da møtet var ferdig, gikk vi hjem = When the meeting was finished, we went home

Møtet is the definite form of møte:

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting

The sentence is talking about a specific meeting that both speaker and listener already know about, so Norwegian uses the definite form.

This is because Norwegian main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule, often called V2.

The whole first part, Når møtet er ferdig, counts as the first element of the sentence. That means the finite verb in the main clause must come next:

• Når møtet er ferdig, går vi hjem

So the order is:

1. Når møtet er ferdig = first element
2. går = verb
3. vi = subject

If the sentence started directly with the subject, then you would say:

• Vi går hjem når møtet er ferdig

Both are correct, but the word order changes depending on what comes first.

Because Når møtet er ferdig is a subordinate clause introduced by når.

In Norwegian, subordinate clauses normally keep subject + verb order:

• når møtet er ferdig
• fordi vi er trøtte
• hvis han kommer

So even though the main clause has inversion (går vi), the subordinate clause does not.

Er ferdig means is finished, is over, or is done.

With møtet, it means the meeting has ended:

• Møtet er ferdig = The meeting is finished / The meeting is over

This expression is very common in Norwegian. It can also be used about people finishing tasks:

• Jeg er ferdig med leksene = I am finished with the homework

Because adjectives ending in -ig usually do not add an extra -t in the neuter singular.

So you get:

• en ferdig plan
• et ferdig måltid
• møtet er ferdig

The same pattern appears with many other adjectives:

• viktig → et viktig spørsmål
• mulig → et mulig problem

So ferdig is the correct form here.

This is an important difference:

• hjem = homeward / to home
• hjemme = at home

So:

• Vi går hjem = We go home
• Vi er hjemme = We are at home

Use hjem when there is movement toward home, and hjemme when you are talking about location.

Not necessarily.

The verb gå literally means walk, but in some common expressions it can sound more like go in English. Gå hjem is one of those very common expressions.

So går vi hjem often simply means we go home / we head home, not strictly we walk home on foot.

If you want to be more explicit, Norwegian could also use:

• drar vi hjem = we go home / leave for home
• reiser vi hjem = we travel home

But går hjem is very natural.

Norwegian often uses the present tense where English might also allow a future meaning.

So Når møtet er ferdig, går vi hjem can describe:

• a habitual routine
• a planned or expected future action

This is very normal in Norwegian.

English does something similar too:

• When the meeting is over, we go home
• When the meeting is over, we’re going home

If you wanted a clearly past meaning, you would change both verbs:

• Da møtet var ferdig, gikk vi hjem

Because the sentence begins with a subordinate clause:

• Når møtet er ferdig

After that comes the main clause:

• går vi hjem

In standard written Norwegian, a comma is normally used to separate an introductory subordinate clause from the main clause that follows.

So the comma helps mark the boundary between the two parts of the sentence.

Yes.

Because of når and the present tense, the sentence can be understood as a general rule or routine:

• Whenever the meeting is finished, we go home

In the right context, it can also refer to a specific future situation:

• When the meeting is finished, we’ll go home

Norwegian often leaves that distinction to the context.