I have some sentences which have a simple structure of a Subject, Object and Indirect Object.
Ich hole dem Hund das Futter.
Er kauft der Frau die Karte.
Here Futter
and Karte
are in accusative
case and we have explicitly used das
and die
in front of them.
Then there are two other sentences as follows:
Wir geben einem Mann Geld.
Sie kauft unserem Kind Schokolade.
Here Geld
and Schokolade
are direct objects in the sentence, however we have not used the articles in accusative
form in front of them.
Is there any hidden rule, when to use accusative
article explicitly and when not?