"Du må be om det."
Translation:You have to ask for it.
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Couldn't "om" also mean "about"? I said "you have to ask about it" and said it was incorrect.
You'd use a different verb. "Du må spørre om det". In that case you would be asking a question, in which case 'spørre' would be used. When using 'be' it's to pray or to get permission.
Just because something is accepted, doesn't mean it's a good translation.
My Norwegian wife insists that "å be om" is an expression which means "to ask for." To say "pray about" doesn't sound correct to me. As a native English speaker I would never pray "about" something - I would either "pray for" something or "pray on" a matter, hoping for guidance.
As a native English speaker, to "pray about" something sounds perfectly natural, and to "pray on" something sounds strange. Denominational or regional thing, maybe?
"Pray on" sounds perfectly natural to me, as do "about" and "for". I guess it's just an area difference.
"Pray about" is a pretty common way of saying it, as is "pray for." "Pray on" is something I have never heard said.
"Pray on" is, in my experience, specific to some particular subsets of American Protestant Christianity.
lmao so true. southern christianity people say " you should pray on that" . It is chistian snark; doesn't mean it is proper english but it definitely is said....
I believe so in the sense of to ask earnestly for. Beg forgiveness, pray tell etc.
