Jeg afleverer opgaven først i morgen.

In Danish, the present tense is very often used to talk about the future when the time is clear from context.

So:

• Jeg afleverer opgaven først i morgen.

can refer to a future action because i morgen already tells you it happens tomorrow.

This is very similar to English sentences like:

• I’m handing in the assignment tomorrow.
• I leave tomorrow.

So Danish does not need a special future form here.

Afleverer is the present tense of at aflevere.

It commonly means:

• to hand in
• to submit
• to deliver

In this sentence, because the object is opgaven (the assignment), the most natural English meaning is hand in or submit.

Examples:

• Jeg afleverer pakken. = I deliver the package.
• Jeg afleverer opgaven. = I hand in the assignment.

In Danish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

So:

• en opgave = an assignment
• opgaven = the assignment

This is a very important pattern in Danish.

A few more examples:

• en bog = a book

• bogen = the book

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So opgaven already includes the meaning of the assignment.

Here, først does not mean first in the simple counting/order sense.

In this sentence, først means something like:

• not until
• only
• only then

So:

• Jeg afleverer opgaven først i morgen.

means something like:

• I’m not handing in the assignment until tomorrow.

This use of først is very common in Danish.

Compare:

• Jeg kommer først klokken otte.
  = I won’t arrive until eight.

So yes, først can mean first, but in sentences like this it often has the nuance of not before.

Because in Danish, i morgen is the standard way to write tomorrow, and it is written as two words.

• i morgen = tomorrow

Literally, it is historically related to something like in the morning / on the morrow, but for a learner, the important thing is simply:

• i morgen is the normal fixed expression for tomorrow
• it is not one word in standard Danish

Similarly:

• i dag = today
• i går = yesterday

This is normal Danish main-clause word order:

1. Jeg = subject
2. afleverer = finite verb
3. opgaven = object
4. adverbials like først and i morgen

So the structure is:

• Jeg / afleverer / opgaven / først i morgen

Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb normally comes in the second position in a main clause.

Since Jeg is first, afleverer must come second.

Yes, that is possible, but the emphasis changes slightly.

Compare:

• Jeg afleverer opgaven først i morgen.
• Jeg afleverer først opgaven i morgen.

Both are understandable, but the first version sounds more natural as a neutral sentence.

The original sentence puts opgaven directly after the verb, which is a very common placement for the object.

Moving først earlier can put a little more focus on the delay: not until tomorrow.

So the original sentence is a very good standard version.

Yes. You can say:

• I morgen afleverer jeg først opgaven.
• I morgen afleverer jeg opgaven først.

When a time expression like I morgen comes first in a Danish main clause, the verb still has to stay in second position, so the subject moves after the verb.

That is why you get:

• I morgen afleverer jeg ...

and not:

• I morgen jeg afleverer ...

This is a classic Danish word-order pattern.

Often, yes. Because of først, the sentence usually suggests some kind of delay, limitation, or postponement.

It can sound like:

• I can only hand it in tomorrow
• I won’t hand it in before tomorrow

So there is often an implied contrast, for example:

• not today
• not earlier
• later than someone might want

Without først, the sentence would be more neutral:

• Jeg afleverer opgaven i morgen.
  = I’m handing in the assignment tomorrow.

With først, it more strongly suggests not until tomorrow.

Yes, a few things often surprise English speakers:

• jeg is often pronounced more like yai or yigh depending on accent and style, not like it looks
• afleverer is pronounced smoothly, and the written g in af- is not there because the word is aflevere, not afgive
• i morgen is pronounced as a natural phrase, often with the second word carrying more stress

A learner should be especially careful not to pronounce every letter too clearly in a very English way. Danish speech is often softer and more reduced than the spelling suggests.

Yes, that is possible, but it means something slightly different.

• Jeg afleverer opgaven i morgen.
  = neutral future, very natural

• Jeg vil aflevere opgaven i morgen.
  = can mean I will hand in the assignment tomorrow, but vil can also sound like want to or add extra intention/willingness

So in everyday Danish, the simple present is often the most natural choice when the future time is already clear.

That is why Jeg afleverer opgaven først i morgen sounds very natural.