"Melyik folyóra száll le az angol repülőgép?"
Translation:Which river is the English airplane landing on?
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The "le" is barely audible. I got this wrong on a listening exercise, and had to listen about 3 more times before I heard it at all because it gets slurred into the two surrounding words.
Actually we say it shortly and without any stress. It should run along with the previous word. It must be difficult for you who not accustomed for it, but unfortunately it is correct this way :(
onto was rejected (only on is accepted). Is this an oversight? "lands" instead of is landing is rejected also.
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What river does the English airplane land on? Was marked wrong. I learned here, that WHAT is more used nowadays and now it is not o.k.
I wrote, "Which English airplane is landing on the river?" I understand it is incorrect but don't understand why it is incorrect."
It has a different meaning. In your version, which refers to the plane. Which plane? In the original sentence, we ask about the river. Which river?
"Which English airplane is landing on the river?" = Melyik angol repülőgép száll le a folyóra?
What is wrong, if the naughty English airplane does that often: "Which river does the English airplane land on?"?
Which river does the English aeroplane land upon? Not accepted and very obviously reported.
Second time around and it's plainly the word, "upon," which is causing all the trouble. To land upon something isn't any different to landing on it. At least, as I write this at about 11.30pm my time I can't think of a difference. If there is one I think it's the sense in which the landing isn't a problem. If you land upon something, you're likely to remain upon it. I'm not sure about landing upon quicksand for example but rivers are OK if you have the right kind of aeroplane.