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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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Cantonese

My favorite topics

Daily lifeculture work out️ scam walks away cuz it won't work...

My language exchange partner is

Chatterbox, Cool ppl, energetic ppl, chill vibe

My learning goals

Make friends no cap. Doing a PhD study try to survive.

A.

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

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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

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

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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)

LEARNS

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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.

Auburn

Fluent

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Ukrainian

LEARNS

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I want to learn Englis...

My favorite topics

Any topics

Perfect language exchange partner

a partner who wants to learn Russian or Ukrainian

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M.

San Francisco

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Everyday lif...

I want a conversation partner who is

Very communicative. I love learning about cultures so my partner would have to be very culturally conscious.

My learning goals

My goal is to be able to have a conversation without little to no mistakes

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P.

Farmers Branch

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My language exchange partner is

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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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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City of Orange

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Medical topics, news, film, art, hobbies, getting to know someone...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded and eager to speak, teach, and learn.

My learning goals

To improve my Spanish speaking skills.

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S.

Louisville

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Fluent

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English

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Polish

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who won’t make me feel embarrassed by my poor Polish...

My learning goals

I am 100% Polish and my family currently lives there. My struggle is with speaking polish correctly - oftentimes, I create sentences word for word what they’d be in English instead of how they would be said in Polish.

My favorite topics

Movies, music, finance, cooking

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K.

New York

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Necesito aprender inglés...

My favorite topics

Tecnología, viajes

I want a conversation partner who is

Culto con temas de conversación

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M.

Columbus

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

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German

My favorite topics

History, cultures, daily new...

My language exchange partner is

Patient, humor,outgoing

My learning goals

Gain extra language abilities, use then to help me dig into those countries’ culture when I have chance to visit them.

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A.

Champlin

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Ideal language community partner

Open minded, polite, fu...

My learning goals

Improve my mandarin

My favorite topics

Music, food, singing, movies, TV, games, life

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N.

Burlington

Fluent

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English

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French

My learning goals

Fluency in the French Language...

My favorite topics

Anything. Family, work, business, news, entertainment.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open and patient.

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J.

Sugar Land

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Fluent

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

I just started learning Portuguese because I am going to be an...

Perfect language exchange partner

I am open to anyone but maybe someone who enjoys traveling.

My learning goals

To improve my Portuguese skills

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S.

Washington

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Portuguese

I want a conversation partner who is

Gentleman, ambitious, interestin...

My learning goals

Meet friends

My favorite topics

Fashion, travel, animals, food

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C.

Lafayette

Fluent

English Flag

English

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American Sign Language

LEARNS

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Korean

My learning goals

I learn how to speak korean fluentl...

My favorite topics

Family travel greetings music fun kpop

My language exchange partner is

Very helpful and patient

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R.

Shorewood

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Video games, music, art, and anime...

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who is kind and helpful.

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak comfortably in my target languages.

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J.

Nashua

Fluent

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English

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American Sign Language

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Dutch

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who’s chill and understand that i’m not gonna do to great...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Games, Movies, Technology, Anything electronic

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J.

Watertown

Fluent

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English

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French

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Russian

My learning goals

Learn enough Russian before I start colleg...

My favorite topics

Video games, movies, comic books, cartoons, tv shows, cats, high school, life, lgbt, science

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind, understanding, progressive, doesn’t like arguments, shy

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S.

Los Altos

NEW

Fluent

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Korean

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

일상생활 영화 음악 취...

I want a conversation partner who is

친절하게 서로 언어를 공부할수 있으면 좋겠다

My learning goals

for communication

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D.

Taylor

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who wants to talk...

My learning goals

I want to be able to read, understand, and speak multiple languages fluently

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about music, games, anime, tv shows, and movies.

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S.

Crystal Lake

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

To be able to converse fluently with someone if I were to go...

My favorite topics

Pets, books, music, deep conversation, movies, hobbies, birds, video games, dance

Ideal language community partner

Friendly and helpful and will correct my mistakes. Fun and easy to talk to

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K.

West University Place

Fluent

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

Cultures Chit chat...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, passionate, humorous

My learning goals

To speak that language fluently

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Z.

San Francisco

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Fluent

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English

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

any not shallow mind...

My learning goals

My favorite topics

have u ever thought about suicide

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L.

New York

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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French

My learning goals

Acquire basic French communication...

My favorite topics

Movies and music.

I want a conversation partner who is

Patient, funny, kind.

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/ann-arbor />Ann Arbor, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/miami />Miami.

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.