Language exchange in Cape Town
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Cape Town
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X.
Cape Town
Fluent
Xhosa
LEARNS
Afrikaans
My favorite topics
Coding, environmental issues, history, science (physics, quantum...
My language exchange partner is
Are enthusiastic, love learning new things
My learning goals
Speak fluently in any language i want to learn or maybe able to have a decent conversation with someone.
D.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Afrikaans
LEARNS
French
Ideal language community partner
Anyone that's enthusiastic about learning a new language I suppose!...
My learning goals
I wish to be able to have a conversation without many faults. That's it pretty much.
My favorite topics
Culture , food , books , movies , art and a few other things including cats.
J.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Afrikaans
LEARNS
Korean
My learning goals
To speak korean is my most important goal but any other language...
My favorite topics
Music , dancing ,traveling and sport I also find reading a bit more fun then being on my phone lately.. if you have any recommendations on good books please tell me
Ideal conversation exchange partner
A open, wise and funny person . I'm an educare student .. love working with children and making people happy
W.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
My favorite topics
Travel, reading, spirituality, friendships, business, relationships,...
Perfect language exchange partner
Kind, honest, open, fun, patient, interesting, friendly and loving
My learning goals
Speak new languages and meet new and exciting cultured people to grow my understanding of the world around me and to teach me about exploring different countries and travel destinations
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172
Tandem partners in Cape Town
M.
Cape Town
Fluent
Afrikaans
LEARNS
Dutch
I want a conversation partner who is
I’m looking for Dutch and Spanish language parents who live IN...
My learning goals
I want to reach C2 in Dutch in the next 6 - 12 months (end of 2023 latest) and B2 in Spanish in the next 12.months (end of 2023).
My favorite topics
Current affairs and social media (memes, lots of memes), films and series, media production and filmmaking (I’m a filmmaker), the art of living well and the struggles of adulting, travel, nature (the ocean and mountains specifically, I live in Cape Town)
J.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
German
My learning goals
I would like to improve my knowledge of German and learn phrases...
My favorite topics
I'm a physics and maths student and a climate activist. I've never been much of a language enthusiast but there is something about the German language that just draws me in. I can't get enough of it.
My language exchange partner is
People who aren't too shy to have actual audio and video conversations. I can write German reasonably well. I need speaking practice. Leuten, die nicht zu schüchtern sind zu telefonieren. Ich muss mein Gesprochenes Deutsch üben.
M.
Cape Town
Fluent
Afrikaans
LEARNS
French
My favorite topics
I enjoy reading, writing, art, learning languages and etymology....
Ideal language community partner
Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted.
My learning goals
I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian. I am mostly-focused on French now (for university). I recently developed an interest in Icelandic.
T.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Italian
LEARNS
Xhosa
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who is fun, outgoing with a passion for traveling and...
My learning goals
I’d just like to improve my language skills and learn a few useful phrases in Spanish for when I visit South America!
My favorite topics
Medicine, traveling and learning languages! Tarrynk92
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M.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Romanian
LEARNS
Russian
My favorite topics
culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i...
I want a conversation partner who is
who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference, i dont need those words
My learning goals
not limited in languages learning. my goal is to be tougher and stronger person, gain more experience of life, and explore so many abandoned islands
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M.
Cape Town
Fluent
Shona
LEARNS
Spanish
My favorite topics
I love listening to music, learning languages, meeting new people...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Anyone! I’m really friendly and easy to talk to, so don’t be afraid to say hi :)
My learning goals
I study Mandarin at uni, so it would be great to get some speaking practice • about to study in Beijing for a year! • I’d like to keep my Spanish alive with some causal conversation :)
A.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Afrikaans
LEARNS
French
Perfect language exchange partner
Around my age, with similar interests to me. A native French-speaker...
My learning goals
I want to improve my pronunciation and oral comprehension. I would also like to learn some slang
My favorite topics
J’aime discounter les politiques, de la science, les célèbres et les livres
A.
Cape Town
Fluent
French
LEARNS
German
My learning goals
I want to learn as much as possible!...
My favorite topics
Travelling, Makeup, decoration, cooking, movies, TVShows,...
I want a conversation partner who is
I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open minded (and I’m not looking for someone to flirt with lol just in case) ☺️
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K.
Cape Town
Fluent
Afrikaans
LEARNS
Xhosa
Ideal language community partner
A friendly and talkative person. A person that share most of...
My learning goals
I want to be at an beginner to intermediate level in Dutch at the end of 2019!
My favorite topics
I enjoy talking about sports, Physics (astronomy mostly) and Computer Science.
S.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Korean
My learning goals
To be fluent in writing and speakin...
My favorite topics
Mostly music books and nature and food mostly food over books
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who is funny open minded and knows knows how to have a deep conversation when needed too and have endless conversations about food
J.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Korean
I want a conversation partner who is
Someone who will speak will help me say phrases in Korean and...
My learning goals
To be able to have a full conversation in the language I wish to learn by the end of the year.
My favorite topics
I enjoy books(I'm a Library Science major), different cultures, sceneries and the seasons, photography, animals(especially my dog), music, the love of the colour yellow, films(I once wanted to be a film major), art and just life in general.☆
U.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Ideal conversation exchange partner
just be friendly and chill, I’d like to make some friends, or...
My learning goals
improve my spoken mandarin, begin to learn basic korean and french :) let’s help eachother reach our goals and make new friends ( ◠‿◠ )
My favorite topics
music, movies, photography, literature, art !
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C.
Cape Town
NEWFluent
English
LEARNS
French
My favorite topics
Fashion Food My country Spor...
I want a conversation partner who is
Someone who likes fashion and is up to date with what’s happening with celebs. A person who enjoys food and is interesting and easy to talk to.
My learning goals
To be able to speak French and Italian fluently
K.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
Afrikaans
LEARNS
Arabic
My favorite topics
I love talking about music, watching movies and reading book...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who's funny and bubbly, polite and sincere
My learning goals
I want to learn about different cultures. I love speaking to people
S.
Cape Town
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Perfect language exchange partner
We don’t necessarily have to share the same interests. I’m always...
My learning goals
I love Spanish - listening to it & how it feels when I speak. I’ve had a long standing interest in South America & have visited twice, learning in Argentina before taking more courses in Spain. Now I want to try to relearn as I have forgotten so much!
My favorite topics
I’m interested in talking about music, politics, conscious living & spirituality, ethics, environmentalism and more. And my attempt in Spanish... Me interese hablando sobre temas incluido música, las políticas, la vida buena (??),el medio ambiente y más
D.
Cape Town
Fluent
French
English
LEARNS
Portuguese
My learning goals
I would like to hold a normal casual easy conversation in Portugues...
My favorite topics
Politics, music, art, technology, a bit of spirituality, anything interesting really
I want a conversation partner who is
Open minded, willing to help me improve my Portuguese, willing to introduce me to the culture, funny, interesting, can be weird, honest and real (swear words allowed)
Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Cape Town?
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Frequent City Questions
How many people are available for language exchange in Cape Town?
There are 172 members in Cape Town on Tandem.
Which other locations in South Africa other than Cape Town are available for language exchange on Tandem?
Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/sandton />Sandton, <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/johannesburg />Johannesburg, and <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/vereeniging />Vereeniging.
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 172 do it in Cape Town.