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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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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

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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

Fluent

English Flag

English

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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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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

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Y.

Manhattan

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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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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Y.

San Diego

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Fluent

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Japanese

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English

My learning goals

To talk in English smoothly. I moved to San Diego now but still...

My favorite topics

Music,culture,I want to talk a lot to improve my skills of English. I like marvelous mrs Maisel!

Perfect language exchange partner

Feel free to talk and kind to me;also I tend to be. Now I want to talk about music! It’s also good to talk about anime.

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C.

New York

Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Life. Books, emotions, movies, musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Patient

My learning goals

Able to read and speak a little of the lenguage

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Q.

New York

Fluent

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

My language exchange partner is

Kind, generous, good conversatio...

My learning goals

English. Like native speakers

My favorite topics

Fashion, fun, beauty, exercise, youtube

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J.

Davis

Fluent

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

Be able to speak well enough to make friend...

My favorite topics

Culture, video games, movies

Ideal language community partner

People who are friendly, helpful, and reliable.

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Boone

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Life, sports, current events, education, etc...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Willing to teach, patient, friendly, respectful.

My learning goals

Become a better listener and speaker. Become a more confident speaker able to communicate complete thoughts with less effort.

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R.

Ann Arbor

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is patient and interested in learning more about...

My learning goals

Mostly improve upon what little I know so far of Korean. I know very little Mandarin and am just starting to learn it, but it is another language I am interested in. I also have some basic knowledge of Spanish from school.

My favorite topics

Technology, TV, Games, Photography, Music, Culture

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Arlington

Fluent

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Mexican Sign Language

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English

My learning goals

Aprender a socializar con las persona...

My favorite topics

Trabajo

I want a conversation partner who is

Buena persona y paciente para aprender

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J.

Katy

Fluent

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Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Política, música, diversión, series de T...

My language exchange partner is

Paciente, amigable, persistente

My learning goals

Mejor trabajo, nuevos.amigos

Aria

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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Danbury

Fluent

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Portuguese

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English

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Italian

Ideal language community partner

Outgoing, engaging, young spirit, and non-judgmental...

My learning goals

Speak Italoan fluently.

My favorite topics

I enjoying talking about traveling, family, nursing, books, and many other subjects.

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A.

Salmon Creek

Fluent

English Flag

English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I hope to travel to central America, as well as China, this year....

My favorite topics

Travel experiences, music, physics, political opinions, different cultures & traditions, religious and philosophical ideas, technology.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

When the conversation can flow between various subjects, without the awkwardness of not knowing what to say next.

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K.

Phoenix

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Korean

My favorite topics

I play a lot of video games, cook, do voice acting and make YouTube...

Perfect language exchange partner

I want to talk with people who likes games and pets.

My learning goals

I want to have conversations. It would be fun to talk about games!

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Chicago

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly and very nic...

My learning goals

I would like to converse

My favorite topics

Live

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D.

Binghamton

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Too many questions. I want to be conversationa...

My favorite topics

Hobbies, music, sports

My language exchange partner is

No idea

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Y.

Bridgeview

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

LEARNS

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Korean

My favorite topics

Kpop, reading, music and learnin...

Ideal language community partner

Cute, good looking, friendly

My learning goals

Communication Writing & reading

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M.

Albuquerque

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Music nerds, gamers & politicos....

My learning goals

To become fluent in French - or at least conversational.

My favorite topics

Music, photography & politics

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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

Perfect language exchange partner

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

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R.

Natchitoches

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Fluent

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Spanish

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Emoji

My favorite topics

Math and scienc...

I want a conversation partner who is

Nice and cute and can speak different languages

My learning goals

Spanish and English

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Y.

Columbia

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

Easygoing and gentl...

My learning goals

Express myself without much trouble.

My favorite topics

Cultural difference

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Libertyville

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

To become fluen...

My favorite topics

Food, travel, sports

Ideal language community partner

Kind, funny, respectful, patient

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S.

Washington

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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German

My favorite topics

Sport, current event...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Extroverted and fun

My learning goals

Continue practicing the language

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A.

Columbus

Fluent

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Somali

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

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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J.

Brentwood

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

Learn to speak Korean fluently...

My favorite topics

bands , LGBTQ + , art , photography , music , etc.

I want a conversation partner who is

Oof , anyone who isn’t dry . I guess someone who’s really chill and kind , um , part of lgbtq would be nice though .

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/marietta />Marietta, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/tacoma />Tacoma, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/anchorage />Anchorage.

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.