"Locuința lui are acoperișul roșu și garaj."

Translation: His dwelling has a red roof and a garage.

[JonEnMiljon]

Why ”acoperișul”? Shouldn't it translate as ”the red roof”? And furthermore, why doesn't ”garaj” also have a definite article if acoperiș has one?

[potestasity]

You can also say:
Locuința lui are (un) acoperiș roșu și (un) garaj.

Basically, we can use the definite article to indicate possession:
Close your eyes! - Închide ochii!
She's got a broken nose. - Ea are nasul spart.
He's got a phone with a broken screen. - El are un telefon cu ecranul spart.

If it's any clearer, you can translate it as "he's got a phone with its screen broken".

In English, saying "his dwelling has the red roof" suggests that there are some known roofs and the speaker makes a connection between "his dwelling" and one of them. Translated into Romanian, there'd be no difference in form between the two sentences; the distinction is based on context, but the most intuitive interpretation is the one in which the definite article represents possession.

[JonEnMiljon]

That is interesting! But why not garajul also then? Articles are indeed used very differently in Romanian compared to the other languages I know or have studied! (Swedish, English, German, French)

[PhilipNikolayev]

Because a dwelling by definition has a roof, only one roof, and it is qualified here with an adjective.

[Coriander18]

Why is it not his dwelling has the red roof and garage?

[Simona240168]

Locuinta lui are acoperisul rosu si garaj, nu UN garaj.

[RGanel]

Why translating "lucuința lui" to "his face" gets an error? This is how you say this in English! No one says "his dwelling" in normal every day conversation.

[RGanel]

Typo. I meant to write "his place".

[Renardo_11]

In such cases you can edit your own posting instead of replying to yourself (twice). Unfortunately it does not work in the mobile app.

[RGanel]

Typo. I meant to write "his place"

[Pop60]

Transcribing the audio.
Pretty sure that while on the slow audio acoperisul is used, on the fast audio acoperisurile is spoken.

[Renardo_11]

I hear no “acoperișurile” but I can hear an “e” between “acoperișul” and “roșu”, like “acoperișul e roșu.” Could be a technical problem with the TTS system. Maybe it is not good at pronouncing the combination l+r.