"Behöver du verkligen fråga?"

Translation: Do you really need to ask?

[jerrethMobil]

Is there a certain rule for when to use Fråga or be?

[Lundgren8]

You ber om a favour, a thing etc., you frågar a question.

[JordanOsr]

So would this sentence change, for example, in response to your friend asking if they can take some of your food?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, that would be a good example.

A polite phrase that children learn as part of table manners is kan jag be och få saltet/smöret/potatisen (roughly ’may I ask to have the salt/butter/potatoes’).

[DASR27]

So it works like pedir/preguntar in spanish?

[edbill0]

att be es más pedir (un favor)
att fråga es preguntar

[Lenard3373]

Why not "Behöver du verkligen att fråga?"?
Why no "att"

[Devodex]

i'm also having a hard time trying to figure out when to use "att".

[MarvelMani1]

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

[zanepaulphillips]

I put "do you need to really ask?", which, I know, sounds a bit clunky in English and so I get why it's counted wrong. In this situation though, how would you know which verb the adverb qualifies?

[Lepidolite1]

"Need you really ask" may be a seldom-used format, but it should still be acceptable (see "need I remind you" for a common usage of the format).

[PepsiColaSoda]

Why doesn't "Do you really need to question?" work?

[LyckligCyklop]

That sentence sounds incomplete, like it needs a direct object, like "do you really need to question it?" I'd interpret that to mean doubting something verses actually asking.

[samira22401]

Which verbs are modal in swedish?

[MarvelMani1]

There may be more but the common ones are: böra, kunna, lär, måste, skola, torde, vilja. see also https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/7075383

[LyckligCyklop]

For others going forward, be careful with the response above, those are examples of not using "att". The link is helpful.

I'm trying to memorize them as I go because I can't see a theme. A few I'm remembering off the top of my head are älskar, tycker om, and är, they all are modal and require an "att" afterwards.