YOU SAID:
The dragon ate the donkey for dinner
INTO JAPANESE
ドラゴンは夕食にロバを食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The dragon ate a donkey for dinner
INTO JAPANESE
ドラゴンは夕食にロバを食べました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The dragon ate a donkey for dinner
That didn't even make that much sense in English.