Sounding More Native in French! Hello, everyone! I have been working hard lately learning French, and I often wonder what the differences might be between the phrases you learn in books and the ones people use in real life. I was thinking of English as an example. When ordering food, most people say something like "Can I have/get a ..." or "I'd like a ...". I have seen phrases like "May I please have a..." listed in books for English learners. While this is not necessarily wrong, it is just not too common in real life, unless you're being exceptionally polite. Can you think of any phrases in French that you perhaps initially learned one way then changed to sound more native-like? I'm particularly interested in words not pronunciation (a whole different issue in of itself!). I know this is quite general, but I would love to hear what both native speakers and learners might have to say about this topic. Thanks!