Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden.

Vil can often translate as will, but in Danish it does not just mark the future mechanically.

In Vi vil gøre vores bedste ..., vil suggests:

• intention
• willingness
• a promise-like statement

So the sentence is not just a neutral future statement. It sounds more like We will / want to / intend to do our best ...

Danish often uses the present tense for the future too, depending on context, so vil usually adds some sense of intention rather than being a simple future marker.

Both are possible in principle, but vores is the normal modern form.

Danish has:

• vores = our
• vor/vort/vore = older or more formal/literary variants

So in everyday Danish, vores bedste is what learners should use.

Bedste is the superlative form of god:

• god = good
• bedre = better
• bedst = best

In gøre vores bedste, the form is bedste because it behaves like a definite or fixed expression: our best.

This is a very common idiom:

• at gøre sit bedste = to do one’s best
• at gøre vores bedste = to do our best

So you should learn gøre ... bedste as a set phrase.

Because bedste is being used on its own, like English our best.

Danish often allows adjectives, especially superlatives, to stand alone when the noun is understood:

• det bedste = the best
• mit bedste = my best
• vores bedste = our best

So gøre vores bedste is completely natural and idiomatic.

For at means to or in order to when introducing purpose before an infinitive.

So:

• Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden
  = We will do our best to get there on time / in order to arrive on time

It connects the main action with its goal or purpose.

Compare:

• Jeg sparer op for at købe en bil = I am saving up to buy a car
• Hun gik tidligt for at nå toget = She left early to catch the train

Sometimes Danish can link verbs directly with an infinitive, but with gøre sit/vort/vores bedste, for at is very natural and common because it clearly expresses purpose.

So:

• gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden = standard and natural

Without for, the sentence would sound less idiomatic in this case.

Both can make sense, but komme til tiden is more everyday and idiomatic.

• komme = come/get/arrive, depending on context
• ankomme = arrive

In ordinary speech, Danes very often use komme where English might use arrive.

So:

• komme til tiden = be on time / arrive on time
• ankomme til tiden is understandable, but it sounds a bit more formal or less conversational

Literally, it means something like to the time, but idiomatically it means:

• on time
• in time for the agreed time

This is a fixed expression:

• at være til tiden = to be on time
• at komme til tiden = to arrive on time

You should learn til tiden as a set phrase rather than translating each word separately.

Because sin/sit/sine are only used for a third-person possessor:

• han
• hun
• den/det
• sometimes de in certain contexts

But here the subject is vi, so the correct possessive is:

• vores = our

Examples:

• Vi gør vores bedste = We do our best
• Han gør sit bedste = He does his best
• Hun gør sit bedste = She does her best

So vores is required here.

Yes, much of it is very formulaic.

Especially:

• Vi vil gøre vores bedste ...
• at gøre sit bedste
• komme til tiden
• for at ...

So this is a very useful sentence pattern to remember. You can swap out parts of it:

• Jeg vil gøre mit bedste for at hjælpe = I will do my best to help
• De vil gøre deres bedste for at blive færdige = They will do their best to finish
• Hun gør sit bedste for at forstå = She is doing her best to understand

It breaks down like this:

• Vi = subject
• vil = finite verb / modal verb
• gøre = infinitive after the modal
• vores bedste = object-like phrase, part of the idiom gøre vores bedste
• for at komme til tiden = purpose phrase, explaining what they are trying to achieve

So the structure is roughly:

subject + modal verb + infinitive + phrase + purpose infinitive

That makes it a very typical Danish sentence pattern.

In a yes/no question, Danish usually puts the finite verb before the subject.

Statement:

• Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden.

Question:

• Vil vi gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden?

This is similar to English Will we do our best to be on time?

Yes. Vi vil gøre vores bedste ... is often used to reassure someone politely.

It can sound like:

• a promise
• a polite commitment
• an assurance that effort will be made, even if success is not guaranteed

So it is useful in customer service, work, and everyday conversation:

• Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at hjælpe dig
• Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at løse problemet
• Vi vil gøre vores bedste for at komme til tiden

It often means we cannot guarantee it, but we will try seriously.