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On Some Cases of Interaction
However, the above discussed cases of the interaction be-
tween the non-finite and finite forms of Germanic verb do
not restrict to the interaction (connection) between t'he finite
forms and the forms of infinitive.
This connection also exists between the finite forms and the
forms of participle. In particular the shape of 3 pl. pres. indic.
plays definite part in the fate of the forms not only of inf. I
and II, but also of part. I and II. Thus, in Old Icelandic the
verbs which have iinf. I in -a also have part. I and II with
thematk vowel -a. On the contrary, the verbs which have inf.
I and 3 pl. pres. indic. in -u do not possess the forms of part.
I and II.
This correlation is also characteristic of Modern Icelandic.
Cf. inf. I kunna, 3 pl. pres. indic. kunna, part. I kunnandi,
part. II kunnat; on the other hand — inf. I skulu, 3 pl. pres.
indic. skulu, part. I and II are lacking.12)
Owing to the fact that the regular models of derivation of
forms of part. I and II in Germanic languages are the forma-
tion of part. I from the plural of present stems and of part.
II from the plural of preterite stems which, as a rule, have
zero vowel in the root, the changes in the plural of present or
preterite lead to the changes in the shape of part. I and II.
Thus in Afrikaans the loss of inflections in present determines
the disappearance in this language of old forms of part. I and
the formation of new forms of part. I by means of redup-
lication of verbal stems. Cf. sit-sit — sitting, staan-staan —
standing, sing-sing — sínging.13)
Verlag, Beriin 1962, XV. Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu
Berlin. Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fiir deutsche Sprache und Lite-
tur, 25.
12) About the part. II of preterite-present verbs in Icelandic see: A. M.
Sturtevant. Old Norse Preterite Present Verbs with Past Participles in
-at. »Scandinavian Studies and Notes«, 1929, vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 147—148.
13) A. C. Bouman en E. C. Pienaar. Afrikaanse spraakkuns, Stellen-
bosch, 1924.