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Language exchange in Sandton

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J.

J.

Durban

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Fluent

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English

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Français Flag

French

My favorite topics

Fun chat and banter, psychology, spirituality, science and lota...

My language exchange partner is

A French speaking person preferably from Paris. Someone who has a good sense of humour and also enjoys intelligent conversation.

My learning goals

I can speak some French but would like to become fluent.

A.

A.

Cape Town

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

Ideal language community partner

A person who is fun to talk to and if possible can help me learn...

My learning goals

Have fun

My favorite topics

I'm planning to study in Korea and would like to learn the language and hopefully make some friends. I also do yoga so health and fitness are also topics I enjoy. I love talking about food,art, music and movies

L.

L.

Durban

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

LEARNS

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Italian

My learning goals

Learn to conversationally speak Italia...

My favorite topics

Art Culture History Community

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone like minded and patient

T.

T.

Edenvale

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English

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Afrikaans

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Current Events Football (European) Music (Hip-Hop & RnB) Languages...

Perfect language exchange partner

My perfect Tandem buddy would be a native Spanish speaker who is easy to get on with and talk to regularly and understands how badly I want to learn how to speak Spanish. Preferably someone who is patient with my level of Spanish too...

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in Spanish by starting off with conversational fluency and then moving on to gain my C1 level of Spanish language comprehension.

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S.

S.

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

Germa...

My learning goals

To learn to speak German as well as I used to.

My favorite topics

Motorcycles, Travelling, Movies

C.

C.

Cape Town

Fluent

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English

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Xhosa

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to become conversationally fluent in Korean by chatting...

My favorite topics

K-dramas, books, everyday life

My language exchange partner is

Someone who understands that I can't be on my phone twenty four hours a day since I'm a busy university student. I like people who are not shy and are not afraid to correct my mistakes.

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V.

Cape Town

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Italiano Flag

Italian

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing anything to do with design or art & maybe...

Ideal language community partner

Someone in a similar age group to me, in between phases of their own life. Someone who wants to travel and has a basic understanding of English, similar to my basic understanding of their language. Maybe they like art too!

My learning goals

To improve my Italian to an almost “native” level as my mother is italian. Brush up on my French is my secondary goal!

K.

K.

Pretoria

Fluent

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Hungarian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Japanese

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded, loves traveling, happy, funny, easy going, relaxed,...

My learning goals

Mandarin Chinese language, other

My favorite topics

Traveling, culture, sport (running), hiking, studying languages, have a good cappuccino and reading books. I love everything that is taiwanese :) !!!

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C.

C.

Pretoria

Fluent

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English

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Deutsch Flag

German

My learning goals

To become mostly fluent / improve vocab and pronunciation also...

My favorite topics

- Music - Books - Series

Perfect language exchange partner

Open minded people who loves to travel , talking about life and accepting of the LGBT community

H.

H.

Pretoria

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Good food, music, Formula One and travelling...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is patient and kind. Someone who has a sense of humour.

My learning goals

I want to be able to talk to the kids I au pair in Portuguese

C.

C.

Pampierstad

Fluent

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Afrikaans

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My language exchange partner is

Talkative, interesting, intelligen...

My learning goals

Become a polyglot and make international friends.

My favorite topics

Languages and science

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N.

Pretoria

Fluent

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Japanese

LEARNS

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German

My learning goals

I want to study English with you....

My favorite topics

travel,food,music,sewing

Ideal language community partner

Someone who speaks english. Manchmal ich moechte Deutsch sprechen, weil ich Deutsch nicht vergesse.

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N.

N.

Cape Town

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

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Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

People, development, healt...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open, fun, interesting

My learning goals

Learn to express myself in Spanish and be comfortable speaking the language

A.

A.

Roodepoort

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is creative and friendly....

My learning goals

I want to be able to improve my speaking in Chinese and Korean and be able to understand the language better.

My favorite topics

Music, anime and books. Anything to do with creativity or fictional characters.

N.

N.

Cape Town

Fluent

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Afrikaans

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

Mainly the basics of a language... Or as much as possible :-)......

My favorite topics

Mainly anything will do, but to be specific; books, things that happen in life, sports, food, and religion.

I want a conversation partner who is

Preferably a girl who enjoys sport and reading books... I am not looking for romance though... I just chat in a more comfotable manner with girls - learning languages would then be easier too...

D.

D.

Port Elizabeth

Fluent

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English

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Swedish

My favorite topics

Philosophy, politics, scienc...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who wants to learn English who knows Swedish

My learning goals

Speak Swedish and later French and Japanese

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!"

T.

T.

Cape Town

Fluent

English Flag

English

Afrikaans Flag

Afrikaans

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can have great discussion and help with grammatical...

My learning goals

To enjoy my journey of learning a language, and in the end to be able to have a conversation on pretty much anything!

My favorite topics

Weather, movies, really anything!

S.

S.

Pretoria

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

LEARNS

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Hindi

My learning goals

I wish to indulge in all the knowledge this universe has to offer...

My favorite topics

As a learner of everything, I am always ready to discuss - well - everything.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

If you aren't trolling or like to enjoy a debate or two - then let's chat.

R.

R.

Stellenbosch

NEW

Fluent

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Afrikaans

English Flag

English

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German

My favorite topics

Politics Sport Economics Science Philosoph...

Perfect language exchange partner

Knowledgeable in current day events

My learning goals

Learn at least 2 new languages

G.

G.

Alberton

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Afrikaans

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone willing to listen and teach me. With a lot of patients...

My learning goals

I want to master Russian

My favorite topics

Its my passion to work with steel, my hobbies are learning languages and gardening

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A.

A.

Johannesburg

Fluent

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Russian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

My learning goals

Become comfortable speaking French and using it in a professional...

My favorite topics

My language exchange partner is

Open minded

M.

M.

Alberton

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Emoji

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Surprise me!!! I’m open minded any topic is okay ✅...

Ideal language community partner

Very Patient learning a new language isn’t easy I can help with English

My learning goals

I want to speak fluent German and French

K.

K.

Randburg

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I would love to get your help with my Spanish and French. I can...

My learning goals

I want to learn how to speak Spanish and French better

My favorite topics

Hello! I love Traveling, hiking, rock climbing, nature, photography, music, space travel, history and art. I love lions too! Currently in Ecuador to improve my Spanish.

S.

S.

Johannesburg

Fluent

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English

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العربية Flag

Arabic

My learning goals

When the right time comes, I hope to travel to different countries...

My favorite topics

My passion is movies and film and I watch almost any movie I can. Although I don't know everything about world politics, I find it extremely fascinating and would love to learn more!

Perfect language exchange partner

My perfect tandem partner would hopefully be funny and kind. I also hope they would be able to keep a conversation going

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Z.

Olifantsfontein

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Deutsch Flag

German

My favorite topics

Art, music, traveling, animals, photography, psychology, philosophy,...

I want a conversation partner who is

Female or male in their 20s

My learning goals

I just want to have fun by building my languages. Practicing my French and learning German, Italian and Spanish

M.

M.

Polokwane

Fluent

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Southern Sotho

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Zulu

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

My language exchange partner is

Great personality gentleman and not too fowar...

My learning goals

To be so fluent that I’m comfortable moving there or visiting

My favorite topics

Art I also need to brush up my English skills

C.

C.

Cape Town

Fluent

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Afrikaans

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中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

My learning goals

I want to be able to learn the basics of Mandarin...

My favorite topics

Music, Eastern Philosophy, Fitness

Ideal language community partner

Someone who has a good sense of humor and is enjoyable to learn from.

N.

N.

Randburg

Fluent

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English

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Food....Religion ...Movies....Art....Photography....Swimming......

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Good sense of humour.....Someone patient

My learning goals

I am a fast learner so i want to be able to speak many languages fluently with a native accent

E.

E.

Durban

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Pусский Flag

Russian

Perfect language exchange partner

A person who shares the same interests as me and who is willing...

My learning goals

Increase my vocabulary in other languages and learn how took communicate better

My favorite topics

A person's strengths and weaknesses , hobbies, travel destinations, tv series - the flash , blacklist, banshee

T.

T.

Diepsloot

Fluent

English Flag

English

Afrikaans Flag

Afrikaans

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

I want to improve my Korean speaking and listening skills...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about music, because I listen to a lot of different music all the time...I also love discussing art! Other topics would be animals, someone else's interests, and books.

I want a conversation partner who is

Similar interests with me, patient, friendly, and that could help me in learning Korean - and in exchange I'd be really happy to help them learn English if they'd like.

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Sandton?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,369 speakers in Sandton 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 Sandton?

There are 1,369 members in Sandton on Tandem.

Which other locations in South Africa other than Sandton are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/cape-town />Cape Town, <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/vereeniging />Vereeniging, and <a href=/language-exchange/south-africa/pretoria />Pretoria.

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 1,369 do it in Sandton.