"It is simple to ask."

Translation: Det er enkelt å be.

[ladygagadisco]

Why isn't "å spørre" accepted?

[Deliciae]

"Det er [enkelt/lett] å spørre" is accepted on our end.

[TARDISToni]

Is there any appreciable semantic difference between å spørre and å be?

[pselkirk]

You probably know this by now (10 months on), but å spørre is to ask a question, while å be is to ask someone to do something.

[Katharina498839]

What? When I was offered multiple choice here with one choice a ber and one a sporre and å ber was marked as wrong and a sporre was correct

[pselkirk]

"ber" is the present-tense form, so "å ber" is "to asks", which doesn't make sense.

[AnIndoorKite]

Hvorfor er det ikke "det er enkelt for a be" er det fordi "enkelt" er der?

[Luke_5.1991]

If it doesn't make sense with "in order to..." as a translation, I would refrain from using "for å."

[AnIndoorKite]

So as a rule of thumb if i can't use "in order to" in the English translation i shouldn't use "for a" in the norwegian?

[Luke_5.1991]

for å* Correct.