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Language exchange in Sandton

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Grabouw

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Fluent

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Afrikaans

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Korean

My favorite topics

Food, nature, animals, fitness, travel, anything that interests...

My language exchange partner is

Someone interesting and fun to talk to and who can help me learn new things

My learning goals

I want to learn a whole lot of new languages. I want to be able to speak, read and write better than a tourist.

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T.

Port Elizabeth

Fluent

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English

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German

Ideal language community partner

Funny, interesting, talkative, friendly, honest, down to earth,...

My learning goals

To learn languages as close to fluent as possible and to perhaps make some friends.

My favorite topics

Photography, history, technology, psychology, science, games, graphic designing, architecture, programming, animation, paranormal, horror, crime, art and learning new things.

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J.

Durban

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English

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French

My learning goals

I can speak some French but would like to become fluent...

My favorite topics

Fun chat and banter, psychology, spirituality, science and lota more!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A French speaking person preferably from Paris. Someone who has a good sense of humour and also enjoys intelligent conversation.

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R.

Centurion

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Afrikaans

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Technology, games, scienc...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone that will keep me accountable.

My learning goals

I would like to fully master a language

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L.

Cape Town

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

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My learning goals

Learn russian, arabic, lifestyle and islam in different countries

My favorite topics

Travelling , hiking, exploring new places and seeing different cultures. Engineer

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M.

Durban

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

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Arabic

My learning goals

To better understand the language and the culture of its people,...

My favorite topics

Nature, surfing + open water swimming,motorcross, meeting new people, tech, traveling, science!

My language exchange partner is

Someone humorous, bubbly, wisdomous and anyone that wants to debate!

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S.

Randburg

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Norwegian

My favorite topics

Movies. Friends. The weekend. Music. Horse riding. Art. Boxing....

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is patient and funny.

My learning goals

To learn at least 3 new languages

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S.

Port Alfred

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English

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Dutch

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Not sure. Perhaps someone easy going and relaxed...

My learning goals

The chance to practice listening and speaking.

My favorite topics

A wide variety, ranging from travel to culture to history and so on.

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A.

Johannesburg

Fluent

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Japanese

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English

My learning goals

I need more fluency, accuracy and confidence! Also, looking forward...

My favorite topics

Anything about the UK and Japan, films and travelling!

Perfect language exchange partner

I'd like to do language exchange in person with native British people being close in age with humor and politeness :)

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Y.

Cape Town

Fluent

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Portuguese

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

Cultura, Hábitos e Experiências. Em Cape Town fazendo intercambio...

I want a conversation partner who is

Be fun, patient and helpful. Plus: memes

My learning goals

Learn english and new friends

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V.

Cape Town

Fluent

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English

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

Someone in a similar age group to me, in between phases of their...

My learning goals

To improve my Italian to an almost “native” level as my mother is italian. Brush up on my French is my secondary goal!

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing anything to do with design or art & maybe things to do with coding or computers! I also like to speak about traveling.

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T.

Johannesburg

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

My learning goals

I want to be able to talk semi-fluently in the language I’m learning...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing music and art

Ideal language community partner

Someone who respects the culture of the language they’re learning and can make good conversation

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Benoni

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English

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Emoji

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Swahili

My favorite topics

Anything to do with arts and travel...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded and mature people

My learning goals

Master a language

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S.

Pretoria

Fluent

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English

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Tigrinya

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Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is patient but stern, very direct on their feedback...

My learning goals

I'd like to do my PHD in Korea within the next 2 years so I'd like to get a grasp of the language and also some insight into the culture too.

My favorite topics

I'm open to discussing anything and everything! Except for NSFW things. Respectfully.

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C.

Cape Town

Fluent

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German

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English

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French

My learning goals

- Französisch verbessern - bisheriges anwende...

My favorite topics

- Weltprobleme - tägliche Erlebnisse - Ernährung & Fitness - Reisen

I want a conversation partner who is

Ganz egal! Ich freue mich immer mit jemandem zu reden egal wer diese Person ist.

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Z.

Durban

Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Technology, soccer, life, philosophy, music...

My language exchange partner is

Spontaneous, funny, knowledgeable.

My learning goals

Hope to learn a new language to a reasonable degree in a few weeks time or less.

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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M.

Polokwane

Fluent

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Southern Sotho

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Zulu

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German

Ideal language community partner

Great personality gentleman and not too fowar...

My learning goals

To be so fluent that I’m comfortable moving there or visiting

My favorite topics

Art I also need to brush up my English skills

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B.

Edenvale

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English

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German

My learning goals

Learning new language...

My favorite topics

Car enthusiast, out going, willing to make new friends and help someone out

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Somebody who is interested in my interests

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W.

Pietermaritzburg

NEW

Fluent

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Afrikaans

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English

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Xhosa

My favorite topics

Sports Jokes Everyday thing...

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly

My learning goals

Being fluent in Xhosa

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S.

Cape Town

Fluent

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English

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone open minded and nonjudgmental...

My learning goals

I want to better my casual conversation skills

My favorite topics

I’m a big film fan! But would love to also practice general conversation

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V.

Durban

Fluent

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English

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Zulu

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Korean

My learning goals

I just want to make sense when speaking willing native where...

My favorite topics

Jesus Music Life

My language exchange partner is

Yo! Wassup wassup 여러분 렛 고!!! Someone who is interested in learning English and teaching me Korean// 혹시 영어를 공부하고 있어요? 난 그걸로 당신을 돕고 싶어요. 같이 공부하자 우린 친구가 될 수 있어요

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C.

Pretoria

Fluent

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English

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Deutsch Flag

German

My favorite topics

- Music - Books - Serie...

Ideal language community partner

Open minded people who loves to travel , talking about life and accepting of the LGBT community

My learning goals

To become mostly fluent / improve vocab and pronunciation also to improve linguistic skills

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L.

Uitenhage

Fluent

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English

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Xhosa

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Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who has a good general knowledge and knows what is going...

My learning goals

Just improve myself everyday. Even if that is slow. Just learn something new everyday

My favorite topics

History, Politics, Science and technology. I currently write newspaper articles, as well as articles online about these topics. I enjoy latest news and just general conversation too

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C.

Stellenbosch

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I'd like to learn how to speak basic conversational French and...

My favorite topics

Art, design, poetry, feminism, philosophy, dreams, film.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who's willing to help a beginner with a new language. .

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N.

Cape Town

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

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Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

People, development, healt...

I want a conversation partner who is

Open, fun, interesting

My learning goals

Learn to express myself in Spanish and be comfortable speaking the language

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R.

Cape Town

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Funny and chille...

My learning goals

To be fluent in spanish

My favorite topics

MUSIC, programming and soccer.......... MUSIC

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B.

Cape Town

Fluent

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English

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Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in many languages so that I can talk to many...

My favorite topics

Culture, religion, life

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is friendly, talkative and willing to help me reach my potential in learning a new language. In turn, of course I will do my utmost to assist you to achieve your potential in learning the language of your choice.

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G.

Paarl

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English

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Dutch

My favorite topics

Existentialism, guitars, mountains, oceans, flowers, Jordan Peterson...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People who are Interesting. Fascinating. Weird even. Not necessarily extroverted, but definitely someone who likes to talk.

My learning goals

With Nederlands, I'll be travelling to Antwerp and Ghent in two years and I'd love to be able to speak to the locals comfortably. I'd like to study in Nederland some day ;-)

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L.

Benoni

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English

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Afrikaans

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Lively, talkative, understanding, chilled, lazy, calm or crazy....

My learning goals

5分話したい!well in a voice note

My favorite topics

たくさんがある。それについて聞いてください。

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J.

Durban

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English

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Afrikaans

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Japanese

My learning goals

I want to move to Japan one day so I'd like to learn the Japanese...

My favorite topics

Food, games, anime, manga, technology, art, photography, animals, culture and memes.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who can help me daily with my language study and I can help them with what language they are studying. Also someone who is very funny and loves to help people with their studies.

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Sandton?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,369 speakers in Sandton looking to learn together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequent City Questions

How many people are available for language exchange in Sandton?

There are 1,369 members in Sandton on Tandem.

Which other locations in South Africa other than Sandton are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/bloemfontein />Bloemfontein, <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/cape-town />Cape Town, and <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/pretoria />Pretoria.

What is Tandem and what is language exchange?

Tandem is the language learning app where millions of people teach each other. More than 500,000 people visit Tandem each month and 1,369 do it in Sandton.