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Is there anyone out there who can teach me some key Parisian French phrases?

With the pronunciations? I recently went to Paris, using a book with some French phrases, but even though my pronunciation was okay, they had trouble understanding me in some areas. Mostly I just need to know greetings, how to order food in a restaurant, and phrases that are useful in hotels. If including some slang is desired, that's fine too. I just know I'm going to Paris again at least twice this year, so I want to make sure I can speak the right dialect of French.

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1. why don't you try looking a film you know well ( a james bond , or a star wars episode for example) and activate "french subtitles" and french sound . you can also mix with english sound / french subtitles or french sound / english subtitles . a few word : bonjour "good morning" bonsoir "good evening" merci "thank you" . je voudrais un menu à quatorze euros . i would like a 14 euros menu . vous etes belle - you're beautiful . je t'aime . i love you . pourrais-je avoir la clef de ma chambre ? could i have my room's key .si je voyage en train et métro, quel est le meilleur itinéraire pour se rendre à l'aéroport Charles de Gaulle depuis ici? if i travel by rail what is the best way to go to CDG airport from here ? Que me conseillez-vous comme vin pour accompagner le lapin ? which wine would you advise me to drink with rabbit.
2. im sorry i cant help you directly but why dont you try watching untranslated french films that are really from france and not from the U.S.A.?
3. there's absolutely no specific dialect in paris, there's not even any specific accent in paris anymore so sorry, but it must be the pronunciation. Or maybe ur book was very old and the expressions were old fashioned (for instance if ur book was published in the 1960s). The only dialects u'll find in France are in some small villages or exceptionnally in a couple of regions like la Bretagne, l'Alsace-Lorraine, la Corse. But it's extremely unusual, and anyway, even if a person speaks a dialect, he/she also speak regular french. Btw slang is basically unsuited in situations like u quoted: in a restaurant, a hotel, to greet people. Learn regular french first, and then ask for slang.