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Language exchange in Manhattan

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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

My favorite topics

Música, Esportes e Biologí...

My language exchange partner is

Cualquer um que deseje falar e aprender

My learning goals

Melhorar nas outras linguas

G.

G.

Manhattan

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

Português Flag

Portuguese

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Ideal language community partner

Personas con metes abiertas e inteligentes para poder hablar...

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.

H.

H.

Manhattan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

culture, kpop, food, animals

Ideal conversation exchange partner

anyone who wants to be friends and help me with korean

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T.

Manhattan

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Just random conversation...

Perfect language exchange partner

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

My learning goals

To be able to be fluent in the language

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Tandem partners in Manhattan

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Y.

Manhattan

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

LEARNS

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French

I want a conversation partner who is

Chatterbox, Coolest ppl, energetic ppl...

My learning goals

Make friends no cap.

My favorite topics

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

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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W.

Seattle

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

Learning enough to make friends...

My favorite topics

I’ll talk about anything, but I really enjoy talking about video games.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who wants to learn languages, just like me!

K.

K.

Weirton

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

art • art therapy • politics • activism • philosophy • cultur...

I want a conversation partner who is

Socialists, feminists, artists

My learning goals

To become conversationally fluent in Spanish and help others perfect their English.

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S.

Cleveland

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Nepali

My language exchange partner is

Someone who will help me learn my target language while I help...

My learning goals

Be proficient and gain new friends

My favorite topics

Gaming, reading and watching anime

A.

A.

Libertyville

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

To gain a more comprehensive understanding of the Spanish language...

My favorite topics

Theater, the arts, technology

Ideal language community partner

Friendly, creative, enjoys having conversations,

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J.

Winston-Salem

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel, food, running, religion, LGBT issues, and literature...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone willing to put up with my foolishness as I stumble through a new language.

My learning goals

My partner's family is from Costa Rica. I would like to be able to develop enough fluency to make basic conversation with native Spanish speakers (and then go from there).

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L.

Lexington

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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German

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is patient but encouraging (meine deutsch ist sehr...

My learning goals

I want to eventually become fluent in German.

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about books, movies, music, culture, travel. Really anything!

D.

D.

Gainesville

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

Spanish and Portuguese by the end if the year...

My favorite topics

Anything

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone with good conversation.

G.

G.

New York

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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French

My favorite topics

News, photografy, ar...

My language exchange partner is

Like to talk and teach speaking skils to understand and be fluently in french

My learning goals

Speaking fluently

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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S.

Union City

Fluent

Português Flag

Portuguese

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Ideal language community partner

Someone who speaks correctly and can correct m...

My learning goals

Be more fluent and be able to have an entire conversation in English

My favorite topics

Hr, travel, health, food, series

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D.

Broadview Heights

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Italiano Flag

Italian

My learning goals

I’ve been to Italy and France twice in the past five years. I...

My favorite topics

Movies, traveling, books, writing. Find me on Instagram: Daniel.S.Ohio

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’d like to find someone that is willing to teach me the basics of Italian or French. Id love to learn about their interests and their country.

B.

B.

Topeka

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Fluent

English Flag

English

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Emoji

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

My favorite topics

I like to talk about beautiful sights in different countrie...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone that is fun to talk to and will be there for me

My learning goals

I want to have good conversation and be able to communicate properly

M.

M.

Baldwin

Fluent

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Arabic

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

It oka...

My learning goals

To use it when I travel

My favorite topics

Sport Travel

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M.

Mustang

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

Learning Korean and Japanese...

My favorite topics

Kpop, cooking, and drawing.

My language exchange partner is

Someone who can make time for me as I will do for them, someone who is dependable and productive.

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D.

Albany

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Culture, writing poetry, photography, traveling, communications,...

Ideal language community partner

Fun people, who likes jokes and enjoy learning about different cultures

My learning goals

To become fluent in Japanese to consider it my second language, Possible plans on moving to Japan to teach english, translate and explore.

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M.

Amarillo

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded and humorou...

My learning goals

To become more fluent

My favorite topics

Music and art

J.

J.

Tupelo

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

I hope to become really good at speaking other language...

My favorite topics

I like books, music,and Syfy movies and shows.

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone I am here to make friends and learn other languages.

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K.

Phoenix

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

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!

G.

G.

Stockbridge

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Funny, Patient, Good Personalit...

My learning goals

To get better at the selected languages, and hopefully be able to comprehend and write out sentences

My favorite topics

Things going on around the world, Friendships, Daily life, Music

D.

D.

Key West

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

I want to sound like a nativ...

My favorite topics

Life stories and adventures ; follow instagram; @islandnomadhawaii

Ideal language community partner

Someone who does most of the talking , just joking

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E.

Evans

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Norsk Flag

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

S.

S.

Crystal Lake

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly and helpful and will correct my mistakes. Fun and easy...

My learning goals

To be able to converse fluently with someone if I were to go to that country. Also get better at listening and picking out phrases. Also receive feedback to improve

My favorite topics

Pets, books, music, deep conversation, movies, hobbies, birds, video games, dance

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D.

Missouri City

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Englis...

My favorite topics

Aprender idioma

I want a conversation partner who is

Que me ayude a aprender ingles

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/san-diego />San Diego, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/hempstead />Hempstead, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/glendale />Glendale.

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.