"Vi äter mat."

Translation: We eat food.

[rayray_2561]

Oh, I thought you were eating water and milk. My bad.

[Tigu_cz]

Is "mat" also "meal"? Or is it only "food"?

[Sycamore]

"mat" is more for food in general, "måltid" is closer to meal

[Tigu_cz]

Tack så mycket!

[ZolnaiDora]

Tack! this was very helpfull

[DeeWolens]

What would it be if they were saying they had already ate like 'we ate food earlier'?

[skalpadda]

Vi åt mat tidigare.

[spaceporn]

I keep hearing 'mot', isn't mat pronounced 'mah-t'?

[Katsube]

The Swedish "a" doesn't sound like the English "a". For example "mat" (the English word) with English pronunciation would be transcribed "mät" in Swedish if we would have a word with the same pronunciation as your "mat". So it's kind of correct as you say, but to us swedes it sounds like "mat" even though for English speaking people it may sound more like "mot".

[XxDarkEchoxx]

Same here, but i think mat id pronounched mot, not mah-t, i checked google translate and they said mot.

[lesliedawne]

how do you say "the food"? Maten?

[Lng52-._]

I think it is: "mat" = "food"; "maten" = "the food".

[thAbstract]

Why is "We are eating food." not correct?

I believe "Jag äter mat" = "I eat food" or "I am eating food", right?

Why wouldn't that apply to "Vi äter mat" as well?

[devalanteriel]

That actually is accepted. If you were marked wrong for it, I'm afraid you were the victim of a bug.

[Indicosa]

I heared the same, and i think it wad the same as with "barn", i hear " born" in the end...

[ShiningAsSheFell]

I keep wondering whether I have an accent or something... I say exactly the right thing, exactly what it says as the answer, and it thinks I'm wrong...

[IrinaCirmizi]

There is no "eat" to choose ,only eaing

[Sandra986929]

She says: dom äter mat

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that is how it's normally pronounced.

[Ute031163]

I hear: De äter mat

[Katharine260000]

The answer is we eat food

[jag-alskar-dig]

how would you say "we ate food", like, in the past tense?

[devalanteriel]

Vi åt mat.

[jag-alskar-dig]

tack så mycket