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Language exchange in Manhattan

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Manhattan

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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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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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Spanish

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Portuguese

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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

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English

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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

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English

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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

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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

Y.

Y.

Manhattan

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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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.

Boone

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Become a better listener and speaker. Become a more confident...

My favorite topics

Life, sports, current events, education, etc.

Perfect language exchange partner

Willing to teach, patient, friendly, respectful.

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R.

New York

Fluent

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Russian

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English

My favorite topics

Car, Fishin...

I want a conversation partner who is

I don’t know

My learning goals

Learning the language to the level of communication

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D.

Willmar

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English

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Akan

My language exchange partner is

I’ll talk to anyone who’s willing to talk to m...

My learning goals

I don’t have any specific goals, I just learn languages for the fun of it.

My favorite topics

I’m glad to talk about anything, but my main interest is everything involving languages: language-learning, historical linguistics, conlanging, etc.

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A.

Saugus

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak both Korean and Japanese fluently...

My favorite topics

I enjoy making art and playing video games

Ideal language community partner

I would like to talk with someone who has similar interests as I do! Someone I can keep in contact with for a long time and meet in person some day

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Louisville

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English

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Polish

My favorite topics

Movies, music, finance, cookin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who won’t make me feel embarrassed by my poor Polish skills! Fun, easy to talk to, engaging

My learning goals

I am 100% Polish and my family currently lives there. My struggle is with speaking polish correctly - oftentimes, I create sentences word for word what they’d be in English instead of how they would be said in Polish.

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A.

Columbus

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Somali

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English

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Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone with respect and patienc...

My learning goals

Be able to communicate

My favorite topics

Anything as long they it is appropriate

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E.

Houston

Fluent

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English

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Portuguese

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French

My learning goals

Feeling more natural while speaking other language...

My favorite topics

Other cultures

I want a conversation partner who is

A friendly, open minded, world traveler

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J.

White Plains

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

movies,film,cinema,music...

My language exchange partner is

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

My learning goals

to finally learn a language and not procrastinating.

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Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.

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"​​I've been using this app for years! Before Tandem, I could barely even string a sentence together in French and now I can speak it without even thinking!"

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J.

Farmington

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

I don’t car...

My learning goals

To increase my spanish speaking capacities

My favorite topics

Politics, music, high school, and anything else

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C.

Austin

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Spanish

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French

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English

My learning goals

Mejorar y hacer amigo...

My favorite topics

Gustos y cultura

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Abierto

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K.

San Francisco

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Learning languages, flying airplane...

Perfect language exchange partner

My learning goals

Being able to speak the language fluently

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Q.

Eden

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone, I'll like to learn more about people in general, humans...

My learning goals

To help others and learn along the way, my understanding of vocal spanish and speaking the language could be a lot better.

My favorite topics

-Learning about others. -Tang Soo Do/MMA (Green Belt - 1 yr exp) -Bioinfomratics/Biology/Philosophy/Politics -Music: The Strokes, Earl Sweatshirt, Brockhampton, Regina Spektor, Tegan and Sara -Tech (Android, Linux) -Minimalism

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Evans

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Fluenc...

My favorite topics

Culture, food, books

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is knowledgeable and patient

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M.

Salt Lake City

Fluent

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Travel, the environment, politics, films, adventuring, backpacking,...

Ideal language community partner

Available to practice a couple times a week. A slow and patient speaker! Someone who helps me improve my sentence structure. I'd love to learn many idioms and colloquialisms!

My learning goals

Develop a vocabulary around topics of interest. I am passionate about environmental conservation, and to be able to discuss this in a foreign language would be a dream come true! I'd love to have a deep conversation about this one day

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M.

Winter Park

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English

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Esperanto

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’m not sure! I guess someone who is nice :...

My learning goals

I want to be able to understand Esperanto pretty well!

My favorite topics

I especially love books and poetry

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K.

Fresno

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Danish

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I really want to speak the chosen languages fluently or at least...

My favorite topics

I love talking about traveling, fashion and animals.

Perfect language exchange partner

A happy, open and ready to teach or learn languages

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A.

Asheville

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Life art music politics religion food outdoor...

I want a conversation partner who is

Interesting

My learning goals

To improve my vocabulary and fluency

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Burlington

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English

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

My perfect Tandem partner will be patient with me but not afraid...

My learning goals

I want to improve my vocabulary and prepare for a speaking test that I need to do in the future. I want to become more fluent so I can excel in grad school.

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing travel, movies, and books.

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C.

Libertyville

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Fluent

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English

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French

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be able to speak decently with other culture...

My favorite topics

Food

Ideal language community partner

A person to be able to talk to

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E.

Chicago

Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

School, psychology, philosophy, books, music, food, culture,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

My perfect Tandem partner will share interest in topics that I am interested in.

My learning goals

Learn more vocabulary and also learn more about other cultures.

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Aloha

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who speaks Japanese. We can talk in English if you want....

My learning goals

I want to speak Japanese. 日本語をはなしたい。

My favorite topics

Ice skating, college, running, pets. アイススケート、大学、走る、ベット。

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L.

Cambridge

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English

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German

My learning goals

to speak much much better than I write : meine Deutsch nicht...

My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

patient, will correct me on my grammar and help me practice my speaking, we can talk about anything : meine Grammatik ist nicht so schlecht, aber ich brauche mehr Sprechen, weil ich mein Spreche zu besser machen will... danke!

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/charlottesville />Charlottesville, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/dayton />Dayton, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/fort-lauderdale />Fort Lauderdale.

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.