"Nous cuisinons la viande avec de l'huile."

Translation: We cook the meat with oil.

[Liam562908]

In all other examples i've seen le/la/les/l' is always translated as it is a definite article. This confuses me

[Summer.Breeze]

Moi aussi. :/

[Nik939442]

Why not "the meat"?

[Sitesurf]

It is possible if the rest of your translation is correct as well.

[chris30268]

I wrote "we cook the meat with oil" and was marked incorrect.....

[Wmconlon]

Without any context, I imagined being given instructions, and took it as 'We cook the meat with the oil.'

I see now the 'de' changes this. Would my translation be correct with 'de'?

[Sitesurf]

Strictly speaking "avec de l'huile" is "with oil" or "with some oil", nothing else.

[Bdizzdle]

When is the l’ used? Is it fem or masc? Would you ever see “du l’ “?

[RQZ.Sash]

In a masculine noun, "du" is used. In a feminine, "de la" is used. Since the first character of "huile" is "h", "de la" is transformed into "de l'"