Det kan gjøres i morgen.

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Breakdown of Det kan gjøres i morgen.

• kunne: can
• i morgen: tomorrow
• gjøres: to be done

Questions & Answers about Det kan gjøres i morgen.

What does det do in this sentence?

Here det is the subject, like English it in It can be done tomorrow.

It can do two jobs here:

• It can refer to something already understood from context: a task, a plan, a repair, etc.
• It can also function as a more general dummy subject, because Norwegian usually wants an explicit subject in a full clause.

So even if the real thing being talked about is not named in the sentence, det is still natural and often necessary.

Why is it gjøres and not gjøre?

Because the sentence is passive.

• gjøre = do
• gjøres = be done / get done in an -s passive form

Compare:

• Vi kan gjøre det i morgen. = We can do it tomorrow.
  This is active.
• Det kan gjøres i morgen. = It can be done tomorrow.
  This is passive.

So gjøres is used because the focus is on the action being done, not on who does it.

Is gjøres here an infinitive or a present-tense form?