The final consonants that are sounded are _b_, _c_, _f_, _k_, _l_, _m_,
_q_, _r_.
The final consonants that are not sounded in words which stand alone,
or terminate a sentence, are, _d_, _g_, _h_, _n_, _p_, _r_ (in the
termination _er_ only), _s_, _t_, _x_, _z_.
J and v are never final.
D is pronounced like _t_ when joined to the following word, as in _quand
il parle_, which must be pronounced _kān-til parle_.
G is pronounced like _k_, as in _sang impur_, which is pronounced
_sān-kin-pur_.
P is pronounced only in _Alep_, _cap_, _Gap_, _cep_, _jalap_; and in
_beaucoup_, _trop_, when those two words come before a vowel. In _cep de
vigne_, the _p_ is silent.
R, preceded by e, is frequently silent in conversation before a vowel,
but it must always be sounded in poetry, unless it terminates the verse.
S, before a vowel, sounds like _z_, as in _nous avons eu_, which must be
pronounced _nou-zavōn-zu_. S is sounded in _aloès_, _bibus_, _blocus_,
_chorus_, _choléramorbus_, _dervis_, _florès_, _gratis_, _jadis_, _laps_,
_maïs_, _mars_, _orémus_, _ours_, _rébus_, _relaps_, _Reims_, _Rubens_,
_sinus_, _en sus_, _vasistas_, etc. It is silent in _Jésus-Christ_, but
sounded in _le Christ_.
T is generally pronounced before a vowel, except when it is preceded by a
sounded consonant, as in _effort étonnant_, pronounced _é-for-éto-nan_;
in _quatre-vingt-un_ it is not pronounced, but it is sounded in _vingt
et un_. In all plural nouns, and in the conjunction _et_; also before a
vowel in _fort_, adjective, it is silent, but it is sounded in _fort_,
adverb. Final _t_ is also sounded in _brut_, _déficit_, _dot_, _mat_,
_exact_, _fat_, _infect_, _intact_, _net_, _rapt_, _subit_, _tact_,
_toast_, _transit_, _zénith_, etc. It is not heard in _Jésus-Christ_,
though it is sounded in _le Christ_.