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- "De vil ha iskrem."
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Liz19391
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Yes, the future tense is formed with "skal" and "vil" (and also "kommer til å", which means "going to").
"Vil" is used in situations when the subject has no control over the events.
"Vil" is a modal auxiliary verb, so it cannot be the main verb of a sentence.
If what they want is expressed by a noun, you need to add the verb "ha" after "vil". If what they want is expressed with a verb, then that verb takes the role of main verb in the sentence:
"De vil ha iskrem."
"De vil spise (iskrem)."