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Language exchange in Manhattan

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Y.

Manhattan

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Fluent

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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.

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

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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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

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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

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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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)

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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D.

Schenectady

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

My learning goals

Travel without problem with the language...

My favorite topics

Music, travel, other countries

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly :)

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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...

I want a conversation partner who 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

B.

B.

Tempe

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My language exchange partner is

Fun, kind, patient. Very talkative....

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in korean in 1 year and make many native Korean speaking friends.

My favorite topics

Food, culture, entertainment. Everything basically

C.

C.

Fort Thomas

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

I don't have any goal...

My favorite topics

Video games, YouTube, baseball, tech

Ideal language community partner

nice friendly, into what i like, my age, pretty

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B.

Bellaire

NEW

Fluent

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English

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German

My favorite topics

I have been learning piano in addition to German and I work as...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Ideally somebody around my age but honestly I don’t really have a strong preference.

My learning goals

I just want to build some speaking confidence more than anything. I can generally communicate what I need to in writing but struggle more when speaking

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J.

Seattle

Fluent

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Spanish

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English Flag

English

Perfect language exchange partner

Youn...

My learning goals

Speak with fluency

My favorite topics

Everything

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A.

Chula Vista

Fluent

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Tagalog, Filipino

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English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

to be able to communicate with basic coversatio...

My favorite topics

hobbies work goals

I want a conversation partner who is

understanding

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M.

Vancouver

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

History, philosophy, poetry, anthropology, vegetarian cooking,...

My language exchange partner is

I'm happy to talk to all sorts of people. I am a transgender woman and open to respectful questions on the topic. Colombian Spanish speakers especially encouraged

My learning goals

I'm primarily interested in improving my Spanish

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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B.

Sacramento

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can help me actually speak in Spanish! I’m afraid...

My learning goals

I would like to be as fluent as possible in Spanish eventually, but I would at least like to practice some everyday conversational phrases before my next trip to Colombia in May.

My favorite topics

Traveling, art and design, music... Reggaetón es mi favorito

K.

K.

West University Place

Fluent

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Cantonese

中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

To speak that language fluentl...

My favorite topics

Cultures Chit chats

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, passionate, humorous

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E.

Imperial Beach

NEW

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English

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Spanish

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Italian

My favorite topics

Film, art, music, trave...

Perfect language exchange partner

Open, friendly, outgoing, intelligent

My learning goals

Learning the language and culture

J.

J.

San Diego

Fluent

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

I want a conversation partner who is

Famill...

My learning goals

For my company and i want to know

My favorite topics

I wanna talk about life and the way how to be happy

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D.

Addison

Fluent

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Portuguese

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Conversar com mativo...

My favorite topics

Esportes, trabalho, comida

My language exchange partner is

Uma pessoa paciente

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I.

Libertyville

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Cars, culture, foo...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is easy to talk to and has a good personality

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak with my Mexican family better and prepare for a trip to japan

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M.

Vernon Hills

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Fluent

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English

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中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kin...

My learning goals

To become fluent in Spanish

My favorite topics

Music, culture, and academics

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F.

Tustin

Fluent

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Spanish

My learning goals

Basic communication that can be used in trave...

My favorite topics

Technology, Games, and Anime

Perfect language exchange partner

Open, Fun and comfortable to communicate

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J.

Oceanside

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

日本語 Flag

Japanese

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...

I want a conversation partner who is

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。

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。

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L.

Pittsburgh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

العربية Flag

Arabic

My language exchange partner is

Explains everything to me clearly in a way where I am progressively...

My learning goals

To learn more

My favorite topics

School Movies Funny Stories

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S.

Washington

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Meet friend...

My favorite topics

Fashion, travel, animals, food

Ideal language community partner

Gentleman, ambitious, interesting

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D.

Houston

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Universal, culture, philosoph...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

student

My learning goals

fluent in French, improve english to native speaker lever

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J.

Sartell

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

Calm, speaks clearly and not too fas...

My learning goals

Become fluent

My favorite topics

Anything

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R.

North Salt Lake

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Esperanto

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Esperanto and afterwards hopefully...

My favorite topics

There's not much I wouldn't like to discuss, Films, Music, TV, games, D&D, Books, Pets. Thats just the top of the list but nothing is off the table!

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone blunt who is willing to correct me if I say something wrong. I'm glad just to have a chat, I'm not picky.

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/charlotte />Charlotte, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/new-haven />New Haven, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/ashburn />Ashburn.

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.