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Language exchange in Manhattan

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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.

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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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Fluent

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Spanish

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Portuguese

LEARNS

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

LEARNS

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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

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

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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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D.

Onalaska

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Russian

My learning goals

To fluently speak and understand Russian and Greek, Latin and...

My favorite topics

Philosophy; Existentialism; Ontology; Metaphysics; Biology; Evolution; Psychology; Psychiatry; Neuropsychology; Poetry; Politics

Perfect language exchange partner

Russian or Romanian traditionalist female

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P.

Smyrna

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel, politics, life, musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who's fun to talk with and isn't very good at English

My learning goals

To be able to fluently speak other languages

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Z.

New Orleans

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My language exchange partner is

English is her native language...

My learning goals

improving speaking English

My favorite topics

fitness, life

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H.

Security-Widefield

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

To become fluent in different languages and make new friends...

My favorite topics

Music, photography, movies, basically anything!

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is patient because I will mess up a lot probably at first. Someone to help me through my language learning journey. Someone who is kind and someone who will have fun in both teaching and learning languages!

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H.

Gloversville

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Books, music, T...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, funny, maybe a little crazy

My learning goals

Learning for fun

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O.

San Antonio

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone patient as hel...

My learning goals

I want to be able to have conversational skills.

My favorite topics

Daily activities, food and random topics.

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A.

Libertyville

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

Learning more vocab and fluenc...

My favorite topics

Animals, sports, and activities

I want a conversation partner who is

Nice and friendly

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M.

Sevierville

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Art, music, culture, travel, video games, movies, books, paranorma...

My language exchange partner is

Patient, good sense of humor, curious

My learning goals

I would like to become fluent in Japanese and to learn more about the culture.

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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S.

Plum

Fluent

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English

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German

Ideal language community partner

Understanding of inconsistency in my schedul...

My learning goals

Conversational level

My favorite topics

Music, art, games, travel, food, animals, language

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S.

Stillwater

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

To learn to speak as formally as possible and to understand all...

My favorite topics

Psychology and people, how they think, how they act, what motivates us...simple stuff. Also, I’m study to be an engineer and enjoy talking about science and mechanics.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone patient. Someone willing to explain simple concepts multiple times. I really enjoy complex grammar though and am looking for someone to teach me how to speak with complexity as an emphasis.

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K.

Goose Creek

NEW

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Spanish cultur...

Perfect language exchange partner

Talks to me in Spanish and is also active. Gives me a challenge as well

My learning goals

Fluently speak Spanish and know about the culture and have a full conversation in Spanish

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D.

Olympia

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone into anime and manga, but just a normal person I can...

My learning goals

To make friends and keep in touch

My favorite topics

Anime and manga, Japanese rock, video games.

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Logan

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

I wanna speak English freely...

My favorite topics

Life k-pop food sport

My language exchange partner is

Native language is English.

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Y.

Yucaipa

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

American cultur...

Ideal language community partner

Literally anything,!!!!!!

My learning goals

Gaining strong verbal and writing skills

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Ocoee

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Well, it is always nice to talking to a female....

My learning goals

I am a teacher and I want to be able to speak to parents who don’t speak English.

My favorite topics

I enjoy engaging in small talk.

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X.

Ann Arbor

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

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French

My learning goals

Become more fluen...

My favorite topics

Music, tech, art, movies, food... just about anything

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient and kind

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K.

Phoenix

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Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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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!

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A.

Tyler

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Cool, laid back, fun. Interested in talking about anything...

My learning goals

To learn more about other people through language.

My favorite topics

Anything

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M.

Vancouver

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

I'm primarily interested in improving my Spanis...

My favorite topics

History, philosophy, poetry, anthropology, vegetarian cooking, healthcare, human rights, medical/technical vocabulary, LGBTQ topics️‍, dogs, video games, psychology (also I can't shut up about my boyfriend)

Ideal language community partner

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

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R.

Ann Arbor

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

Technology, TV, Games, Photography, Music, Cultur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is patient and interested in learning more about the languages and cultures we are trying to learn or are interested in taking about other common interests.

My learning goals

Mostly improve upon what little I know so far of Korean. I know very little Mandarin and am just starting to learn it, but it is another language I am interested in. I also have some basic knowledge of Spanish from school.

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B.

Lauderdale Lakes

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

日本語 Flag

Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is excited about language learning as I am...

My learning goals

Learning as fast and effectively as possible.

My favorite topics

Art, video games, computers.

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T.

Charlotte

Fluent

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Hindi

English Flag

English

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Arabic

My learning goals

I want to speak English as fluently add possibl...

My favorite topics

Humanity

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind hearted

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/fort-lauderdale />Fort Lauderdale, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/brookline />Brookline, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/colchester />Colchester.

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.