Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Generic noun phrases in subject function

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Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article

Example 11-71:
Aligieta gou ap tu footiin fiit.
Aligieta
alligator
gou
go
ap
up
tu
to
foo-tiin
four-teen
fiit.
feet
Alligators measure up to fourteen feet.

Source: nd

Example 11-72:
Mananti iz a nais fish.
Mananti
manatee
iz
cop.prs
a
art.indf
nais
nice
fish.
fish
Manatees are nice fish.

Source: Holm 1978: 277

Example 11-73:
Ai woz mainding beebi an wash de napi.
Ai
1sg
woz
cop.pst
maind-ing
mind-prog
beebi
baby
an
and
wash
wash
de
3pl.poss
napi.
nappy
I was minding babies and washing their nappies.

Source: nd

Confidence:
Very certain