Learn Romanian: Ea face o salată cu roșiile din grădină. - She makes a salad with the tomatoes from the garden.

The singular word for tomato is roșie. To make it plural ("tomatoes"), it becomes roșii. In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun. For feminine plural words, we add -le, making it roșiile (the tomatoes).

The English translation says "the garden", but why doesn't grădină have the word "the" attached to it?

In Romanian, when a noun comes directly after certain prepositions like din (from/out of), cu (with), or în (in), we usually drop the definite article ("the"). So instead of saying din grădina (from the garden), it is simply din grădină.

Could Ea face also translate to "She is making"?

Yes! Romanian doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense like English does. Ea face can mean either "She makes" (as a general habit) or "She is making" (right now), depending on the context.

Why do we use the word din for "from" instead of de la?

din is actually a combination of de (from) + în (in). It specifically means "from inside of" or "out of". Because the tomatoes grew inside the garden, we use din. If you were talking about walking away from a person or a general location, you would use de la.