"Rumah itu tidak kotor."

Translation: That house is not dirty.

[LewisLearnsLangs]

Other answers accept "the" as a translation for "itu". Should it be accepted here?

[YdWin]

Yes, actually in Indonesian we do not really have definite article, so "the" can be translated as "itu"

[RobinGibcus]

I said "That home isn't dirty" and it was wrong? It should be correct

[haqqiabdillah]

Yes, that should be correct I think

[CoconutPete]

I had to see if someone else had the same experience as me. WE WERE RIGHT!

[adrianwhatever]

How do we know when "itu" means "that" (as I first learned it) and "the" (as I first encountered it here)?

[anno35]

agreed. elsewhere 'itu' has been translated as 'the'. it seems to me that both 'the' and 'that' should be acceptable

[YdWin]

We dont really have definite article, so whenever you found "the", it can be translated as "itu"