"Dagen afsluttes med en øl."

Translation: The day is ended with a beer.

[ErikaAnear]

why can't you say finishes?

[mgbsaus]

Or for that matter, why not "is finished"?

[Marinaaawr]

Probably a stupid question, but since both active voice and passive voice tranlations are correct, why not use afslutter instead of afsluttes?
I think this section has indeed messed with my brain...

[AxelPutra]

still waiting for an answer..

[RyagonIV]

It's the day that's getting finished. If you say "dagen afslutter", you say that the day is finishing something. And the rest of the sentence wouldn't grammatically work either.
English has a slight problem with separating transitive and intransitive verbs, which is one of the roles of the -s verbs in Danish.

[nickski1]

'The day is finished with a beer." That is apparently wrong. I am a native English speaker. I have never said 'The day is ended ....' I would say '..finishes with a beer'. However, I used the passive as this is what is being taught.

[Wes-DK]

Standard

[SantiAnnd]

Typical ending after a hard day at work