The Equivalent Forms of the German Infinitive Groups and Constructions in Georgian

Abstract

The presented article reviews the issue of the different grammatical forms of two unrelated languages, such are German and Georgian. Namely, the article deals with the Georgian equivalents of the German infinitive groups and constructions. Special attention is paid to the differences between the infinitive in the European languages and the masdar form in the Georgian language, along with the difficulties of translation caused by these differences. The Georgian equivalents to the German infinitive groups are highlighted, such as: infinitive in the function of the object or the subject of the sentence, bi-verbal constructions, and as for the infinitive construction – constructions with the participle forms expressing future tense, accompanied with the auxiliary verbs and the participles in the function of adverbial modifiers, are discussed.