forms were used parallel to one another) Good better best Bad worse worst Much more most Little less least Estonian: hea parem (cf "paras" fitting, in Finnish "the best" - metonymical link), palju - rohkem Finnish: mennä (to go), lähteä (to leave) Estonian: minema, mine, lähen, läksin French: aller, je vais/nous allons, ira (future) Russian: chelovek ljudi, French: personne- gens, English: person persons/people byt' est' hodit' idti shol, shla. horoshij luchij Essentially the same words suppletive in various languages, including non-related ones. The most common words (`good', `to be', `to go', `much', "people", etc). General principle: the more frequently used a word, the more one can "afford" it to be irregular/non-iconic. Suppletion perhaps the most drastic form of irregularity/iconicity), covers mainly the most frequent words
currency. However, imported raw materials will still be affected (become more expensive) by devaluation. At the same time local currency devaluation diminishes local consumers' income and purchasing power. 49 Interesting view on Ukraine's monetary policy and NBU by Anders Aslund of Peterson Institute for International Economics is available in the article in Forbes Ukraine: http://forbes.ua/opinions/1344648-novomu-glave-nbu-nelzya-idti-po-stopam-arbuzova http://www.iie.com/publications/opeds/print.cfm?ResearchId=2310&doc=pub 50 2. BELARUS 2.1. General information 2.1.1. Country Profile Capital: Minsk (population of approximately 2 million). Total area: 207,600 sq km stretching 560 km (350 miles) from north to south and 650 km (460 miles) from west to east. It is larger than Austria, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. Population: ~ 9