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Language exchange in Manhattan

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Manhattan

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中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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English

LEARNS

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Cantonese

My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

Chatterbox, Cool ppl, energetic ppl, chill vibe

My learning goals

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

A.

A.

Manhattan

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Fluent

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Spanish

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English

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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

Português Flag

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

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

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

H.

H.

Manhattan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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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

C.

C.

Manhattan

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

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

Y.

Y.

Manhattan

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

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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J.

Oceanside

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

語彙力を広くこと。日本語でコミュニケーションをできること...

My favorite topics

I love animals and anime.                  動物やアニメが好きです! ボルダリングや山登りの話もしたいです!

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone willing to fix my mistakes and excited to learn English from me.               私の間違いを正すの人。英語を勉強したい人。

K.

K.

Ashland

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

funny, nice, & easy to talk with!

My learning goals

i know some things, but i hope to get a lot better before November 2020

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A.

Helena

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Someone that can help me learn the languag...

My learning goals

Being able to understand the language

My favorite topics

Anime, Drawing, and school

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A.

Easley

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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German

My learning goals

I want to be able to hold a conversation very well in German,...

My favorite topics

School, sports, healthy lifestyle (fitness), and I love food and cuisine.

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can help me learn the language and correct me when I am wrong.

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J.

New York

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Fluent

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English

한국어 Flag

Korean

LEARNS

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French

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about culture...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is friendly and patient.

My learning goals

To have a fluent conversations in a new language.

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E.

Apex

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

Perfect language exchange partner

Willing to talk at least one time per week hopefully mor...

My learning goals

Keep using my German language skills so I don’t lose them

My favorite topics

No particular topics I struggle sometimes with advanced grammar and would like to just have short conservations everyday to stay sharp because I haven’t taken a German class in a while and I have it coming up I do enjoy talking about most topics

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E.

Macon

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

ability to read and write wel...

My favorite topics

music, entertainment, life

I want a conversation partner who is

fun and easy to talk with

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S.

San Francisco

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Dramas, dramas and more dramas lol jk and food...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who can be patient with me but also strict and tell me when I am saying something wrong.

My learning goals

I want to know how to put sentences together and improve my pronunciation

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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“Tandem Pro has given me lifelong friends. I met them all through the “Near me” feature, which shows people practicing languages in the city where you live. 100% recommend.”

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K.

Erlanger

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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French

Ideal language community partner

No i canno...

My learning goals

Become fluent in French

My favorite topics

Technology, science, coffee

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S.

Camas

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

My learning goals

Get back up to speed to where I was when I was in French classe...

My favorite topics

Dance, Movies, Music, YA Books, Makeup, Fashion, Space

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone patient with me, willing to correct mistakes and be okay with me not knowing words.

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W.

Goleta

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Any topics u lik...

Perfect language exchange partner

Umm, Anyone is fine

My learning goals

Trying to meet more interesting people around the word

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B.

Somerville

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

I'm looking for someone who will always push me to learn more,...

My learning goals

I want to learn enough to be able to understand and speak Japanese at a conversational level, in preparation for a summer trip to Japan (idealistic, I know).

My favorite topics

Books, movies, music, writing, video games, psychology, anime, manga, costuming, theater, language, photography

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C.

C.

New York

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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French

My learning goals

Able to read and speak a little of the lenguag...

My favorite topics

Life. Books, emotions, movies, music

My language exchange partner is

Patient

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Enid

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Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Culture, food, movies/T...

Ideal language community partner

Hoping to video chat with native speakers who also have good English!

My learning goals

A little practice each day

N.

N.

Security-Widefield

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

My perfect Tandem partner would be someone who is nice and funny...

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak to friends in French and Japanese so I can talk with others across the world

My favorite topics

I like to discuss how someone is doing. I also like to talk about science. I love to play the cello and talk with friends

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J.

White Plains

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

to finally learn a language and not procrastinating...

My favorite topics

movies,film,cinema,music.

Perfect language exchange partner

at this point i would not know, cause i’m new to this

B.

B.

Burton

NEW

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

日本語 Flag

Japanese

My favorite topics

Games art tv YouTube Animal...

I want a conversation partner who is

A person like him correctly easily and I can make a best friend or maybe just a close friend

My learning goals

I want to get fluid and be able to move to Japan

M.

M.

West University Place

Fluent

العربية Flag

Arabic

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My language exchange partner is

Native Americans...

My learning goals

Pronouncing like native and breaking down my accent.

My favorite topics

Any topics

R.

R.

Natchitoches

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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Emoji

My learning goals

Spanish and Englis...

My favorite topics

Math and science

Ideal language community partner

Nice and cute and can speak different languages

K.

K.

Sheridan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My favorite topics

Art, history and Writing/Classics. I like Marvel and Harry Potter,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is good in conversations and easy to talk to, and enjoys the same things as me!

My learning goals

To be able to kinda talk in French. To be able to hold a conversation, I guess

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Z.

Lewiston

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind, respectful, and patien...

My learning goals

Fluency

My favorite topics

Music, writing, animals

V.

V.

Ontario

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To learn at least one language and study for 30 minutes a da...

My favorite topics

K-POP,life,kdramas,personality

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who can help me learn and improve the language I want and make new friends

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/omaha />Omaha, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/palo-alto />Palo Alto, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/lexington />Lexington.

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.