Postby Linguaphile » 2016-11-20, 20:07
I agree that it needs some sort of quantifier: viele, einige, keine, usw.
Es gibt dort viele Hütten in dieser Gegend.
Es gibt dort einige Hütten in dieser Gegend.
Es gibt dort keine Hütten in dieser Gegend.
Just as in English you could say:
There are many cabins in this area.
There are some cabins in this area.
There are no cabins in this area.
But it would sound strange to say:
There are the cabins in this area (unless, maybe, you are pointing at them as you speak: "hey, look! There are the cabins in this area!" - and even then it sounds a bit odd).
It is similar in German. A quantifier is more appropriate, not a definite article.