Breakdown of Lukekaa tämä suosituskirje, koska suosittelen häntä lämpimästi.
tämä
this
hän
he / she
koska
because
lukea
to read
suositella
to recommend
suosituskirje
the letter of recommendation
lämpimästi
warmly
Questions & Answers about Lukekaa tämä suosituskirje, koska suosittelen häntä lämpimästi.
Why is the object tämä suosituskirje in the basic nominative form instead of taking an -n ending?
Because the verb lukekaa (read!) is in the imperative mood. When you give a direct command, a total object drops the normal -n accusative ending and looks exactly like the nominative case. If this were a normal statement like "You read this letter", it would be Te luette tämän suosituskirjeen.
Why is häntä in the partitive case here?
The verb suositella (to recommend) is a partitive verb. The person, thing, or action you are recommending must always take the partitive case, which is why hän becomes häntä.
How do we get the adverb lämpimästi (warmly) from the adjective lämmin (warm)?
To form an adverb, you add -sti to the inflectional vowel stem of the adjective. The basic adjective is lämmin, but its stem undergoes a consonant gradation-like change to lämpimä- (which you also see in the genitive lämpimän). Attaching the suffix gives us lämpimästi.
How could I use this lesson's mitä + superlative structure to call this "a most warm letter of recommendation"?
You would say mitä lämpimin suosituskirje. This construction pairs mitä with the superlative form of the adjective in the nominative (lämpimin) and the noun, also in the nominative, to express an extremely high degree of something.
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