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Ce joueur complète notre équipe.

Ce joueur complète notre équipe.
This player completes our team.
From Lesson 83:Accent stem changes (é to è)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce joueur complète notre équipe.

Why is there an accent grave (è) in complète?
The infinitive of this verb is compléter, which has an acute accent (é) in its stem. Like préférer or espérer, the é changes to a grave accent (è) when the verb's ending is silent. Since the -e ending for the il/elle/on form (here, referring to ce joueur) is silent, the stem changes to complèt-.
Does the final "e" in complète change how the word is pronounced compared to compléter?
Yes. In the infinitive compléter, the final -er sounds like "ay" and you don't hear the "t". In complète, the final -e is silent, which forces you to pronounce the hard "t" at the end. The è in the middle also has a more open sound (like the "e" in "pet") compared to the é in compléter (which sounds more like the "a" in "play").
Why do we use ce instead of cet for "this"?
Ce is the masculine singular word for "this" or "that" when the following word starts with a consonant, like joueur. You only use cet before a masculine word that starts with a vowel or a silent "h" (like cet homme). If the noun were feminine, you would use cette.
Does notre change because équipe is feminine?
No, it doesn't! The possessive adjective notre (meaning "our") is used for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. It only changes to nos if the noun becomes plural (nos équipes for "our teams").

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