"I try to talk."

Translation: Ik probeer om te praten.

[AneurinEE]

Is there any difference between saying Ik probeer te praten and Ik probeer om te praten?

[Lavinae]

For the infinitive 'proberen', or 'to try', you can use 'om' but it is one of those cases where 'om' can be omitted, which people tend to do. Thus, using 'om' here would be unusual, but not wrong.

See more information about the infinitive constructions and the situation with 'proberen te' here. :)

[AneurinEE]

Thank you!

[Rocteur]

I think it is a pity that they have to mark 'probeer te praten' as wrong if it is not.

[El2theK]

Ik probeer te praten is an accepted answer.

[Rocteur]

Then I must have made a REAL error elsewhere in the sentence, sorry, and thanks!

[dragons_fly]

is this limited to "proberen" , or can this be done with other infinitives also? (omitting "om")

[Lavinae]

Yes, this is the case for other infinitives too. You can find those on the webpage I linked to above. :)

[dragons_fly]

Dank u wel

[Mohannad75]

Can you send the link again ?
It does not open !!

[JeanDurieu]

Why "praten" and not "praat"

[El2theK]

Because proberen is conjugated, just like to try in English, e.g.

• He tries to talk

[Adam346560]

Why is "spreek" not accepted here?

[MareVanNostrum]

Spreeken = to speak, praten = to talk