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L'entreprise emploie un nouveau comptable.

L'entreprise emploie un nouveau comptable.
The company employs a new accountant.
From Lesson 85:Verbs ending in -yer (payer, envoyer)·French

Questions & Answers about L'entreprise emploie un nouveau comptable.

Why is the verb spelled emploie instead of employe?
The infinitive is employer (to employ). For verbs ending in -oyer, the y changes to an i in the present tense whenever the ending is silent. Because l'entreprise (the company) acts as a singular it, it takes the silent -e ending, triggering the stem change to emploie.
How is emploie pronounced?
It is pronounced roughly like om-plwa. The em- makes a nasal sound, the -oi- makes a wa sound, and the final -e is completely silent.
If l'entreprise is feminine, why does the sentence use un nouveau instead of une nouvelle?
The adjective nouveau (new) describes the accountant (comptable), not the company. Because this specific accountant is male, we use the masculine un nouveau comptable. If the company were hiring a female accountant, it would be une nouvelle comptable.
Why does nouveau come before the noun here?
While most French adjectives are placed after the noun, a small group of common adjectives always go before it. These describe Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, or Size (often remembered by the acronym BANGS). Nouveau falls under the Age category, so it goes before comptable.

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