Breakdown of Vi skal gøre hele banketten klar inden i morgen.
vi
we
skulle
to have to / must / to be going to
i morgen
tomorrow
hel
whole
klar
ready
gøre
to do / to make (cause to be)
inden
before
banketten
the banquet
Questions & Answers about Vi skal gøre hele banketten klar inden i morgen.
Why is it hele banketten and not al banketten?
Banketten is a singular countable noun, so we use hele to mean the entirety of it (the whole banquet). You would use al or alt for uncountable mass nouns (like al maden for all the food) and alle for plurals (alle banketterne for all the banquets).
Notice how it is just hele banketten. Doesn't a definite adjective usually need den or det in front?
Normally, yes. You would say den store banket for the large banquet. But hele (whole) and halve (half) are special exceptions. They drop the independent article den or det and just stand directly in front of the noun, which keeps its definite ending.
Why are gøre and klar separated by the object?
The phrase is gøre noget klar (to make something ready). In Danish, when a verb and a descriptive adjective work together like this, the object (hele banketten) typically splits them, pushing the adjective toward the end of the clause.
Can I use før instead of inden here for the word before?
Yes, før i morgen and inden i morgen mean the same thing here and are grammatically interchangeable. However, inden is highly preferred when expressing strict deadlines (meaning no later than), which perfectly matches the urgency of having a banquet prepared.
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