"Jag behöver få ett nytt pass."

Translation: I need to get a new passport.

[Nasser677522]

Duolingo knows that in few days my passport will not be valid ! :D

[LadyLukara]

What is wrong with "I have to get a new passport"?

[davost]

It seems OK to me. I guess one could argue that have to means must which is not exactly the same as need.

[James704885]

So why doesn't this statement need the preposition ATT? I learned ATT has to go before infinitives and suddenly I am given a sentence where it doesn't. Quote the Daleks: "Explain! Explaaaain!"

[Hope658664]

I adore your reference to Daleks! but I don't know either. Except is it like what is above because auxiliary verb rule?

[PavithraMu1]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/7075383

Zzzzz... has commented the following

1) Modal auxiliaries - no att: böra, kunna, lär, måste, skola, torde, vilja.

2) Other verbs that behave like modal auxiliaries - no att: behöva, bruka, få, hoppas, lova, låta, råka, tänka, tyckas, synas, försöka, orka, slippa, töras, våga, önska. Notice that få can be used in two different meanings: a) Du får inte köra så fort = You may not drive so fast. b) Han fick mig att gråta = He made me cry.

3) Ordinary verbs that are used without att: börja, sluta, besluta, lära, lära sig

4) Object + infinitive - no att: Låt alla blommor blomma = Let all flowers bloom. / Vi såg honom gömma plånboken = We saw him hide the wallet.

[mseyers]

There's another phrase in this section that uses få: "Det är svårt att få arbete."

Could someone tell my why this instance does not require the 'att' before få? Is it because "to get a passport" is less concrete than "to get work"?

[Justin581205]

I believe "behöver" is an auxiliary verb and you do not use "att (verb)" if there is an auxiliary verb before it. You would just use the verb alone.

[Vadym809181]

What's wrong with "receive"?