Is there a simple way to turn formal words into their informal, natural way of saying them?
I am learning french and recently met two french guys my age at a summer camp in Los Angeles. I can speak simple things in french yet they always noted on how formal and unnatural my way of talking was.

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There is things we don't usually say whan speaking that could help: we don't say the "ne" in negative sentences
"Je ne sais pas" => "Je sais pas"

Another thing might be the vocabulary you use, if you learnt it at school, you might have more formal vocabulary than what people actually use...

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Yes, textbook french is very formal.

You can look at french peoples' social media and see "argot"
or you can find a french book on argot. You need "argot" to get informal

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