Some basic pronounciation rules There are words in French that are pronounced the exact same way but are different, and to distinguish this difference there will be a consonant at the end. There are a number of consonants that are not pronounced at the end of the word, for ex. d and t. ex. boulevard, client. (these are also cognates). "ti" in the middle of a word is typically pronounced "seeon" I also learned: quel est votre métier - what is your profession je travaille de temps en temps - I work from time to time (ocassionally) je suis née en pologne - I was born in Poland polonais - Polish je suis en train d’apprendre le français - j’ai visité les musées - i visited museums la première fois - first la deuxième fois - second