Breakdown of Vi aflyser mødet på fredag.
vi
we
mødet
the meeting
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
fredag
Friday
Questions & Answers about Vi aflyser mødet på fredag.
Why is the present tense verb aflyser used if the meeting is being canceled in the future?
In Danish, it is very common to use the present tense to talk about the future as long as you include a future time expression. Here, the time expression på fredag makes it clear that the action is happening in the future.
How do we know på fredag means this coming Friday?
When you use the preposition på before a weekday, it refers to the next upcoming instance of that day. So på fredag specifically means this coming Friday. If you wanted to talk about a past Friday, you would use i fredags.
Could I use om fredagen instead of på fredag in this sentence?
No, because om fredagen means on Fridays as a general, repeated habit. Since you are canceling one specific upcoming meeting, you need the specific future expression på fredag.
Why does mødet end in a -t?
The base word for meeting is møde, which is an et-word (neuter gender). To say the meeting, you add the definite ending to the end of the word. Since møde already ends in an e, you just add a -t to make mødet.