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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

LEARNS

Português Flag

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.

A.

A.

Manhattan

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Português Flag

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

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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Fluent

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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

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.

Madison

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My learning goals

Keeo up my French and Latin, learn conversational Spanis...

My favorite topics

News, history, movies, tv

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone to chat with, probably most often not real time

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E.

Beaverton

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Telenovelas, philosophy, culture, literature, sports, serie...

I want a conversation partner who is

Ideally a native Spanish speaker.

My learning goals

To keep my spoken Spanish sharp, improve conversational ability and expand my vocabulary.

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K.

Kuna

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is okay with me slowly learning with them and it's...

My learning goals

I want to learn about the culture more than anything.

My favorite topics

Religion, books, people, anything!

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B.

West Hollywood

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Kazakh

My learning goals

To learn the basics and to be fluen...

My favorite topics

Art, shows, sports, movies, news.

Ideal language community partner

I’m not sure yet.

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L.

Newark

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Korean

My favorite topics

I like movies and I want to travel. I watch YouTube and Netflix...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is chill and funny. Don’t worry about saying the wrong thing just have have fun with me !!

My learning goals

I want to become more fluent in these languages so I can travel there and have good conversations I want to make friends too so text me and let’s be friends

J.

J.

Asheville

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Perfect language exchange partner

I don't know, I'm open to meet new peopl...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Work, travels, experiences.. anyone!!

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T.

Tallahassee

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

My learning goals

im open to anything, i love all languages...

My favorite topics

anything political, book related, and animes

I want a conversation partner who is

anyoneee promise im not picky

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L.

Arlington

Fluent

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Mexican Sign Language

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Trabaj...

My language exchange partner is

Buena persona y paciente para aprender

My learning goals

Aprender a socializar con las personas

Grace

Grace uses Tandem to feel connected to the world.

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

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A.

Cupertino

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

anyone who can be patient with me (learning other languages)...

My learning goals

i would like to be fluent in spanish and understand what is being said, while in korean i would just like to understand what each symbol stands for by itself.

My favorite topics

i enjoy talking about music and sports, but anything is fine:)

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O.

Lamont

Fluent

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Hindi

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be fluent in Spanis...

My favorite topics

Traveling, Fashion, Music, Movies

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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J.

Libertyville

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

food, travel, schoo...

Perfect language exchange partner

chatty, open, inviting, friendly

My learning goals

to improve my comprehension

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J.

Greater Landover

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Italian

I want a conversation partner who is

I would say my tandem is someone that is around my age range...

My learning goals

Learn and experience the culture and language through interactions to prepare me to hold a conversation with natives/ locals. As well as complete my goal of always wanting to learn another language.

My favorite topics

I am a very open minded individual and love a variety of topics such as tv shows , movies to music , sports. Politics, entrepreneurial tips and advice. To current events & traveling. I enjoy taking about my dogs and family. Hearing about other cultures :)

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H.

Security-Widefield

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

To become fluent in different languages and make new friends...

My favorite topics

Music, photography, movies, basically anything!

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is patient because I will mess up a lot probably at first. Someone to help me through my language learning journey. Someone who is kind and someone who will have fun in both teaching and learning languages!

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V.

Cypress

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My favorite topics

Travel, pets, life in general...

Ideal language community partner

Fun, easy going, patient

My learning goals

To be able to hold a conversation

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K.

Virginia Beach

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anybody!...

My learning goals

To understand my family while they conversate in other languages

My favorite topics

Music, Art, Games and Sports!

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Marietta

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Fluent

English Flag

English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I just want to be fluent and have comfortable conversations....

My favorite topics

Mainly anything, but I do enjoy talking about instruments and music as well as video games.

Perfect language exchange partner

They have to be cool.

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D.

Martinez

NEW

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

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I want a conversation partner who is

Preferably someone Young. They're more in tune with colloquialisms. Their speech sounds much more natural.

My learning goals

I want to learn enough Chinese to be able to translate well and rap and a language.

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A.

Schaumburg

Fluent

English Flag

English

हिन्दी Flag

Hindi

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Someone who can have deep as well as superficial conversation...

My learning goals

To be better at the language.

My favorite topics

If life has a meaning at the end!!

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A.

Libertyville

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

Conversationally fluen...

My favorite topics

Musical theatre, dance, music

Ideal language community partner

Funny, smart, cute

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D.

Key West

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Life stories and adventures ; follow instagram; @islandnomadhawai...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who does most of the talking , just joking

My learning goals

I want to sound like a native

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M.

Vancouver

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

I'm happy to talk to all sorts of people. I am a transgender...

My learning goals

I'm primarily interested in improving my Spanish

My favorite topics

History, philosophy, poetry, anthropology, vegetarian cooking, healthcare, human rights, medical/technical vocabulary, LGBTQ topics️‍, dogs, video games, psychology (also I can't shut up about my boyfriend)

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J.

Maryville

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

日本語 Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

Eventually speak easily and comfortably....

My favorite topics

Horse wrangler, Vocalist, and photographer.

I want a conversation partner who is

A Kind, and helpful person. Someone to practice Japanese with.

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/brookline />Brookline, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/cincinnati />Cincinnati, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/st-louis />St Louis.

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.