"Koszt jest za wysoki."

Translation: The cost is too high.

[one_half_3544]

"the price is too high" is not accepted, but without context, as I understand, koszt could be price also, no? https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/koszt lists 'cena' as a synonym.

[smartpupa]

I also put "The price is too high", and got slapped :-(

[BartoszKod1]

The price is too high???

[alik1989]

• Price = cena
• Cost = koszt

[Absconder_0015]

Would "koszt jest zbyt wysoki" also work here?

[JerryMcCarthy99]

IMHO, "za" and "zbyt" are interchangeable in this kind of sentence.

[Absconder_0015]

In which kind of sentences would they not be interchangeable?

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Good question; there is a comment somewhere in another thread where it is explained where/when the two cannot be interchanged. Also, there is the case where "za" means "behind".

[Jellei]

In this course there probably is no sentence with "too" where they're not interchangeable. The 'exceptions' are definitely some higher level stuff, in a conversation with a native you can probably use any of them, worst scenario is that you will just sound a little bit strange, but your interlocutor may even not notice what exactly was wrong.

[Marc312527]

I wrote 'It costs too much' and was marked wrong. If you say 'Koszt jest za wysoki' in Polish, are you not basically saying 'It costs too much?' Or is there a different way to say that?

[Jellei]

"Kosztuje za dużo".

Well, your phrase is a lot more common, but in fact it usually simply refers to the price, "cost" may be more than just a price. For example "the total cost of an investment" consists of numerous things.

[Davros12]

The costs are too much.

[Jellei]

OK, added.