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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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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

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English

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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

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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)

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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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A.

Plattsburgh

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To be able to fluently speak another languag...

My favorite topics

Photography Traveling Anything not including religion or politics

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is patient and will try their best to help me.

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J.

Nashua

Fluent

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English

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American Sign Language

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Dutch

My favorite topics

Games, Movies, Technology, Anything electroni...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who’s chill and understand that i’m not gonna do to great learning these languages, and that i just want patience and i wanna make friends!

My learning goals

I’d like to be able to talk to my girlfriends mom, she speaks tagalog so that’s super important.

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G.

East Hill-Meridian

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My language exchange partner is

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My learning goals

My favorite topics

Travel and positive vibes

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Austin

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

My learning goals

Know more people...

My favorite topics

Life experiences

Ideal language community partner

Honest and trustful.

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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New York

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing current events, sports, and things to do in...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

My tandem partner lives on the West Side of NYC (ideally close to West Harlem) and is excited to engage with someone actively seeking to pick back up a language conversationally. He or she will be patient and willing to correct me when needed.

My learning goals

I want to pick up conversational fluency in Spanish

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J.

Columbia

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

I wanna have someone practice Korean or English with m...

My learning goals

My favorite topics

I loving working out, and chatting with friends

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New York

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Russian

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English

My learning goals

Разговорный английский для проживания в СШ...

My favorite topics

Любые

I want a conversation partner who is

С которым интересно говорить на любую тему

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Libertyville

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Musical theatre, dance, musi...

My language exchange partner is

Funny, smart, cute

My learning goals

Conversationally fluent

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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Greenacres

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

Ideal language community partner

Que sepa desenvolver cualquier tema, que esté disponible y que...

My learning goals

Aprender para poder hablarlo y desenvolver cada idioma muy bien

My favorite topics

Economía, películas, viajes, paisajes y cultura. Y sígueme en Instagram: enderson_dlp15

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Lyndhurst

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be able to make conversation with customers and understand...

My favorite topics

Easy conversation and greetings, interaction between myself and customers

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Could teach me to speak as if I owned a shop and they were the customer

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Atascocita

NEW

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My favorite topics

Id...

Perfect language exchange partner

Que hable mucho

My learning goals

Poder hablarlo

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Chesapeake

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English

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Spanish

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French

I want a conversation partner who is

I would like to talk one hour with someone, 30 minutes in English,...

My learning goals

This quarter of the year, I want to gain fluency in Spanish and I want to be able to talk to people in French more and improve my pronunciation.

My favorite topics

I want to talk about anything. I am trying to speak to one person in my target languages per day. I hope that we can be friends and talk about things that we enjoy. Movies, food, music, friends, childhood memories—anything.

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Boston

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

Advance...

My favorite topics

Science, Psychology, Sports, Finance, Food

My language exchange partner is

Easygoing and funny. Open to discuss about any topic without prejudices. Willing to share cultural knowledge

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Lawrence

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

My favorite topics

politic...

Ideal language community partner

learning each other 互相学习

My learning goals

能用于日常对话

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Bayonet Point

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English

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient and knowledgeabl...

My learning goals

To progress every week

My favorite topics

Family, fishing, eating

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Sunrise Manor

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Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

Learn as much as I ca...

My favorite topics

Every aspect of Life

Perfect language exchange partner

Relatable, Understanding, Open-minded, Kind Intellectual

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Y.

Crawfordsville

NEW

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Cultural, travel, musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Knowledgeable, interactive, strict in teaching

My learning goals

To be able to initiate and complete conversations, and conduct descriptions fluently.

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A.

Brentwood

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Patient, friendly, and progressiv...

My learning goals

I want to improve my confidence in speaking fluently and be able to teach Spanish to students

My favorite topics

I like discussing music, travelling, and social problems

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E.

Washington

Fluent

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English

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German

My learning goals

More fluent in German and Korean!...

My favorite topics

Music (American and Kpop!), art and singing, good, school!

Ideal language community partner

Someone close to my age, fun to talk to and learn from :)

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Y.

Bridgeview

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

Kpop, reading, music and learnin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Cute, good looking, friendly

My learning goals

Communication Writing & reading

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B.

New York

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English

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, eager to learn and help open minded respectfu...

My learning goals

Learn 100 words in a month Become fluent

My favorite topics

N’importe quoi

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G.

Franklin

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Portuguese

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Spanish

My learning goals

English...

My favorite topics

I want to improve my writing in English and practice the language more. I'm from Brazil and currently live in the United States on exchange

I want a conversation partner who is

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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/tucson />Tucson, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/chula-vista />Chula Vista, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/houston />Houston.

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.