Suppletivity in English and Ukrainian Languages (ID:158617)

Suppletivity is the formation of grammatical forms of the same word from different stems or roots. For example, in Ukrainian брати (недоконаний вид) – взяти (доконаний вид), говорити (недоконаний вид) – сказати (доконаний вид). Suppletivity as the unique means of expression of grammatical meaning is characteristic for the paradigm of the personal pronouns in Indo-European languages: Ukr. я – мене, вона – її, ми – нам Germ. Ich – mich, sie – ihr, wir – uns Engl. I – me, she – her, we – us Fr. Je – me In Indo-European languages, suppletivity is also used for formation of degrees of comparison of adjectives: Ukr. гарний – кращий, Rus. хороший – лучший, Engl. good – better.