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Language exchange in Manhattan

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Manhattan

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Daily lifeculture work out️ scam walks away cuz it won't work...

My language exchange partner is

Chatterbox, Coolest ppl, energetic ppl.

My learning goals

Make friends no cap. Doing a PhD study try to survive.

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A.

Manhattan

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

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English

LEARNS

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Portuguese

Ideal language community partner

Cualquer um que deseje falar e aprende...

My learning goals

Melhorar nas outras linguas

My favorite topics

Música, Esportes e Biología

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G.

Manhattan

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

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Portuguese

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Deseo poder aprender a comunicarme bien en el idioma estudiado...

My favorite topics

Me gusta conocer nuevas personas, viajar, conocer nuevos lugares. Amo la ciencia y mi pasión esta en el campo.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Personas con metes abiertas e inteligentes para poder hablar de temas interesantes y aprender uno del otro.

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H.

Manhattan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

culture, kpop, food, animal...

Perfect language exchange partner

anyone who wants to be friends and help me with korean

My learning goals

get to a point where i can visit korea and speak comfortably

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Tandem partners in Manhattan

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T.

Manhattan

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

I can learn off them easily and there fun to talk t...

My learning goals

To be able to be fluent in the language

My favorite topics

Just random conversations

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H.

Manhattan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

I want to have to opportunity to talk with someone in Spanish...

My favorite topics

Anything like jobs or school or life or food or sports or literally anything

My language exchange partner is

Someone who doesn’t mind my horrible spanish

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C.

Manhattan

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English

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German

My favorite topics

Music, Politics, Current Events, Philosophy, Science, Architecture,...

Ideal language community partner

Engaging and Curious

My learning goals

I feel like I have hit a plateau in German and I want to get better

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Y.

Manhattan

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

友善有趣学...

My learning goals

顺利交流

My favorite topics

生活美食宠物

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C.

Tinton Falls

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Russian

My learning goals

I want to be conversational in Russian. I want to be able to...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about travel and culture. I like to learn about the differences in languages and practice them with native speakers

Perfect language exchange partner

I would like to talk to someone who wants to learn English and who can also help me with Russian. Also someone who has interest in travel and culture

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S.

University Park

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Sports, travel, foo...

I want a conversation partner who is

Outgoing, native English speaker

My learning goals

As good as native speakers

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K.

Fresno

Fluent

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Danish

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

A happy, open and ready to teach or learn language...

My learning goals

I really want to speak the chosen languages fluently or at least have a good conversation with people

My favorite topics

I love talking about traveling, fashion and animals.

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O.

Kirksville

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

to be fluent in Japanese and to become better with Spanish...

My favorite topics

video games, anime, books, movies, memes.

Ideal language community partner

someone who is fun to talk to and who likes to help me understand different ways of their cultures.

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Evans

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English

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Norwegian

My favorite topics

tv/film/books/music, culture, current event...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

interesting, fluent in language and culture

My learning goals

become more fluent in language and more aware of culture/current events

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M.

Menlo Park

Fluent

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Korean

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Perfect language exchange partner

Nice and friendl...

My learning goals

Improve speaking skills

My favorite topics

Tech industry

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C.

The Colony

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

I’m trying learn enough Japanese for my trip to Tokyo in 8 month...

My favorite topics

Movies, Food and Music

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone that is patient and with similar interests

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S.

Auburn

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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German

My favorite topics

Tavel, gaming, foo...

My language exchange partner is

Someone easy going open minded someone with a ps4

My learning goals

I want to be able to communicate with people in german confidently.

Simone

Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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"I hadn't learnt English for 15 years and only a year ago I was A2, or rather holiday English. Now I'm preparing for the C1 exam! So if you want to brush up on a language, Tandem is the perfect app for you."

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C.

New York

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

Ideal language community partner

Patien...

My learning goals

Able to read and speak a little of the lenguage

My favorite topics

Life. Books, emotions, movies, music

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Y.

Logan

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

I wanna speak English freely...

My favorite topics

Life k-pop food sport

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Native language is English.

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E.

Portland

NEW

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

I’m a photographer and visual artist, hoping to travel to Mexico...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone with patience, because I am very beginner with Spanish! I’ve been trying to learn for about a year, but am hoping for someone who wants to speak both Spanish and English with me so I can learn.

My learning goals

I have many plans to visit Mexico soon, and my partner’s family is Mexican. I would like to be able to converse with them and ideally become fluent someday.

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L.

Cambridge

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

I want a conversation partner who is

patient, will correct me on my grammar and help me practice my...

My learning goals

to speak much much better than I write : meine Deutsch nicht zu besser schreiben, sondern zu besser sprechen

My favorite topics

school, traveling, life, people, just practicing German in general for speaking abilities

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F.

Tustin

Fluent

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Tagalog, Filipino

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

Basic communication that can be used in trave...

My favorite topics

Technology, Games, and Anime

My language exchange partner is

Open, Fun and comfortable to communicate

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J.

Asheville

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Work, travels, experiences.. anyone!...

Ideal language community partner

I don't know, I'm open to meet new people

My learning goals

Go to the university, and work in a transnational company!

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R.

Westmont

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone that likes to travel, learn about different cultures,...

My learning goals

Learn and practice to get better day to day.

My favorite topics

I like talking about life, music, nature, politics, sports, movies, series, entrepreneurship, leadership and global conspiracy theories. lol

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W.

East Cleveland

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

いつかに日本に旅行に行きます!Actually, I’d like this to be my third language....

My favorite topics

いろいろですね。でもやばりゲームが一番好きです。音楽?アニメ?There are certainly more, but I don’t know how to say them in Japanese. 除了游戏不会说别的了

Perfect language exchange partner

英語か中国語お勉強したいの日本人の友達、よろしく。私はアメリカに9年間住んでいました。三月中から日本語の勉強を始めました。だから、日本語が下手です。もしあなたがちょうと中国語か英語を話したら、よかたです。Sorry for the grammars and spellings guys. It’s testing my limit. 我的语法求放过

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D.

Binghamton

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Hobbies, music, sport...

I want a conversation partner who is

No idea

My learning goals

Too many questions. I want to be conversational

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E.

Liberty

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Friendl...

My learning goals

Fluency

My favorite topics

Music

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A.

Auburn

Fluent

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Ukrainian

LEARNS

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I want to learn Englis...

My favorite topics

Any topics

Ideal language community partner

a partner who wants to learn Russian or Ukrainian

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L.

Las Vegas

Fluent

Tagalog, Filipino Flag

Tagalog, Filipino

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

I love working out and I trade forex also. I’m passionate about...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’m open minded I’m not picky with people

My learning goals

To speak fluently

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K.

Washington

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, interested in talking about a variety of subjects and...

My learning goals

I want to increase my vocabulary and become fluent in discussing a wide variety of topics.

My favorite topics

Current events, books, music, hobbies, travels

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A.

New York

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Aprenderlo más en 6 meses Hablarlo con fluide...

My favorite topics

La vida Comida Música Series

I want a conversation partner who is

Amable Español perfecto Respetuoso

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Manhattan?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 13 speakers in Manhattan 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 Manhattan?

There are 13 members in Manhattan on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than Manhattan are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/oakland />Oakland, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/phoenix />Phoenix, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/louisville />Louisville.

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 13 do it in Manhattan.