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C'est le tournoi que notre équipe organise pour cette compétition.

C'est le tournoi que notre équipe organise pour cette compétition.
It is the tournament that our team is organizing for this competition.
From Lesson 163:Emphasis (c'est... qui / c'est... que)·French

Questions & Answers about C'est le tournoi que notre équipe organise pour cette compétition.

Why do we use que instead of qui after le tournoi?
In this structure, you use que when emphasizing the object of the action, and qui when emphasizing the subject. Here, notre équipe is the subject doing the organizing, and le tournoi is the object being organized. Because we are highlighting the object, we use c'est... que.
How does the meaning change by adding C'est... que?
It adds emphasis! Without it, Notre équipe organise le tournoi is just a neutral statement ('Our team is organizing the tournament'). By framing it with C'est... que, you are pointing a spotlight at the tournament: 'It is the tournament that our team is organizing' (implying: rather than something else).
Why is the verb organise in the singular form if a team has many people?
In French, collective nouns like une équipe (a team) or la famille (the family) are strictly grammatically singular. Even though they represent multiple people, you must always conjugate the verb in the singular 'he/she/it' form.
Why is it cette compétition and not ce compétition?
Words ending in -tion in French are almost always feminine. Because compétition is a feminine singular noun, you must use the feminine demonstrative adjective cette ('this' or 'that') instead of the masculine ce or cet.

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