Kirjoitan tätä suosituskirjettä, koska harjoittelija on mitä ammattitaitoisin työntekijä.

Questions & Answers about Kirjoitan tätä suosituskirjettä, koska harjoittelija on mitä ammattitaitoisin työntekijä.

Why is mitä used before ammattitaitoisin työntekijä, and why doesn't it mean 'what'?
This is the absolute superlative construction. Combining mitä with a superlative adjective (ammattitaitoisin) and a nominative noun (työntekijä) expresses an exceptionally high degree of a quality. Instead of asking a question, it translates to 'an exceedingly professional employee' or 'the most professional employee imaginable.'
Could I just say harjoittelija on ammattitaitoisin työntekijä without the word mitä?
Yes, but the meaning shifts. Without mitä, it becomes a standard comparison meaning 'the intern is the most professional employee' (compared to a specific group). Adding mitä creates the absolute superlative, meaning they are exceptionally professional in general, without necessarily comparing them directly to the rest of the team.
Why is tätä suosituskirjettä in the partitive case instead of the accusative?
The verb kirjoittaa (to write) takes a partitive object here because the action is ongoing and incomplete. You are currently in the process of writing the letter. If you were stating that you will write and finish the entire letter, you would use the total object form tämän suosituskirjeen.
How is the superlative ammattitaitoisin formed from the base adjective?
The base word is ammattitaitoinen (professional or skilled), a compound of ammatti (profession) and taitoinen (skilled). For adjectives ending in -nen, the stem changes to -se- before adding the superlative marker -in. The final vowel drops out, giving us ammattitaitoisin.

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