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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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K.

Weirton

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

To become conversationally fluent in Spanish and help others...

My favorite topics

art • art therapy • politics • activism • philosophy • culture

Perfect language exchange partner

Socialists, feminists, artists

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H.

Security-Widefield

Fluent

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Music, photography, movies, basically anything...

I want a conversation partner who is

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!

My learning goals

To become fluent in different languages and make new friends around the world

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R.

Chesapeake

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English

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Spanish

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French

My language exchange partner 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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A.

Schaumburg

Fluent

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English

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Hindi

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be better at the language...

My favorite topics

If life has a meaning at the end!!

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can have deep as well as superficial conversation.

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F.

Aurora

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Art, photography, philosophy, fitness, reading, personal development,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

...are fun, funny & patient. Are serious about learning another language and willing to suffer through my mistakes.

My learning goals

To improve my French accent and speak more like a native. To learn useful phrases for day to day life in a French speaking country

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E.

Plattsburgh

Fluent

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind, funny, patien...

My learning goals

To become fluent so I can study in Japan!

My favorite topics

Fashion, music, culture, food, everything!

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K.

Fresno

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Danish

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I really want to speak the chosen languages fluently or at least...

My favorite topics

I love talking about traveling, fashion and animals.

I want a conversation partner who is

A happy, open and ready to teach or learn languages

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D.

Denver

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

I’m into nerdy things like video games and anime and I’m also...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who’s kind and patient and fun to talk to.

My learning goals

I’m learning new languages for fun and to connect to my roots. I also like connecting to new people.

Simone

Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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"I hadn't learnt English for 15 years and only a year ago I was A2, or rather holiday English. Now I'm preparing for the C1 exam! So if you want to brush up on a language, Tandem is the perfect app for you."

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P.

Farmers Branch

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

Ideal language community partner

热情 认真 友...

My learning goals

学习 旅游

My favorite topics

电影 足球 巴塞罗那 物理 文化 历史

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A.

Prairie Village

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English

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Spanish

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Italian

My learning goals

Italian and Portuguese...

My favorite topics

Music, movies and events of electronic music

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Funny Interesting Nice

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M.

New York

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Sports. Tech. Animals. Fitness. Food...

Perfect language exchange partner

Funny. :-) Intelligent.

My learning goals

i took eleven years of French starting at age 5. Moving to New York I hear French seemingly everywhere. I am now determined to brush the rust off and master French in 2019.

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J.

Los Lunas

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English

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Italian

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy-going, fun, someone who I won't feel embarrassed to talk...

My learning goals

I would like to be fluent enough in the language to be able to listen to radio or watch tv in the language I'm learning so that I can understand most of what is going on. Eventually, I would like to be able to converse with people naturally in my new lang

My favorite topics

Technology, philosophical ideas, Current events, popular movies and music.

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K.

Norwalk

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

To speak in sentences, not just learn individual words. Be able...

My favorite topics

Theology, technology, motherhood, business, Christianity, health, neurology, psychology, children, cities, travel, city planning, yoga

My language exchange partner is

Someone patient, intelligent, some similar interests, creative

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Beaumont

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

The latest tec...

Ideal language community partner

I don’t know

My learning goals

To get a little better

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H.

Austin

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

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Japanese

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone fun who wants a international frien...

My learning goals

To get better and understanding what it’s like to live in Japan and Russia and practice my Spanish

My favorite topics

Working out, music, memes, anime

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Madison

Fluent

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English

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French

My learning goals

Learn more conversational Frenc...

My favorite topics

Art, culture, movies, music

Perfect language exchange partner

Open minded, fun

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H.

Merced

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Japanese

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English

My favorite topics

Study sports musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Native speaker

My learning goals

流暢に英語を話すことができるようになる

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Y.

Bridgeview

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

Cute, good looking, friendly...

My learning goals

Communication Writing & reading

My favorite topics

Kpop, reading, music and learning

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M.

Smyrna

Fluent

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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English Flag

English

My learning goals

Aprender o inglês é um desafio que tenho enfrentado a algum tempo,...

My favorite topics

Trabalho Lazer Diversão Saúde Religião

Ideal language community partner

Que seja alegre e disposto a ensinar e aprender

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K.

Virginia Beach

Fluent

English Flag

English

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Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Music, Art, Games and Sports...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anybody!!

My learning goals

To understand my family while they conversate in other languages

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G.

Franklin

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Portuguese

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Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

English Native...

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

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R.

New York

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To learn the basics of Mandarin and be able to hold a conversation....

My favorite topics

Business/ Investing

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone and everyone!

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/silver-spring />Silver Spring, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/miami />Miami, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/knoxville />Knoxville.

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.