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Il reçoit un trophée à la cérémonie et je le félicite.

Il reçoit un trophée à la cérémonie et je le félicite.
He receives a trophy at the ceremony and I congratulate him.
From Lesson 91:High-frequency irregular verbs (vivre, recevoir)·French

Questions & Answers about Il reçoit un trophée à la cérémonie et je le félicite.

Why does reçoit have a cedilla (ç)?
The verb here is recevoir. In the il form, it becomes reçoit. The cedilla (the little hook under the c) is necessary before the letter o to keep the soft s sound. Without it, recoit would be pronounced with a hard k sound.
Since trophée ends in an e, shouldn't it be feminine?
Usually, words ending in -e are feminine, but un trophée is a masculine exception. You will see a few other masculine words ending in -ée, like un musée (a museum) and un lycée (a high school).
Why is le placed before the verb in je le félicite?
In French, direct object pronouns like le (which means him or it) go directly before the verb they belong to. So instead of putting the object after the verb like in English, you say I him congratulate (je le félicite).
Is félicite related to the English word felicitate?
Yes! Féliciter means to congratulate. While felicitate is rare in English, you might know the related word felicitations, which is another way to say congratulations.

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