"Ten samolot lata na dużej wysokości."

Translation: This airplane flies at high altitude.

[ardecarlo]

Will "great height" work here? I don't think "large height" really works

[kenmerk]

Ditto, have reported

[deactivated user]

I got the suggested answer of 'This plane flies on big height.'! Duo, you really made me chuckle today :-D.

Reported.

[Jellei]

Wooops! Removed now :D

[kurzeme]

Why not "samolot leci" ?

[Jellei]

Because "leci" means that it is flying right now, not 'generally' as in the sentence here.

[DavidO401366]

I am reminded of the line in the Catholic mass: Hosanna na wysokości

[AlisonSinc]

The 'a' isn't necessary, and probably less likely to be included than otherwise.

[Jellei]

OK, changed then.

[chce_polski]

Tak. I wolę jak to...

[CoryHutchi3]

I would have thought that "latać" would be a verb of motion, and then "na" would apply the accusative and not the locative to "duża wysokość".

What am I missing here?

[Jellei]

Yes, it is a verb of motion, but "na" would take Accusative for the destination. If it was 'to a high altitude', referring to the fact that it ends up at a high altitude, then it would work.

[Your_pen_pal]

Why not "this airplane flies high"?
Not English

[Jellei]

That works in English on its own, but in Polish that's "Ten samolot lata wysoko". We prefer to keep closer to the original sentence structure.