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Language exchange in New York

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My favorite topics

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My language exchange partner is

, -, . Enthusiastic people who enjoys having daily conversation.

My learning goals

To be able to understand one another in order to promote world peace ☮️!

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New York

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Ideal language community partner

Travelers, lovers of music, business people, or just anyone looking...

My learning goals

I am just here to help people practice so anyone, feel free to send me a message. If I can learn another whole language though, it would be nice :)

My favorite topics

Travel/Music/Photography/Business/Fitness Here to help you practice writing and speaking another language. I'm here for anything I work in immigration law in New York. ⚖️

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My learning goals

Become fluent or close to fluent in all of the languages I intend...

My favorite topics

Anything from nature, politics, science, music etc

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is kind and is such as passionate about cultural and language exchange

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New York

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My favorite topics

Sports, anime, videogames, tv series, movies, travels, food,...

Perfect language exchange partner

With someone friendly and who can make me laugh

My learning goals

Learn new languages i don't know in this new year.

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I want a conversation partner who is

Relaxed, learning in a fun way, taking it easy and making progress....

My learning goals

Like to get some what fluent, but rather get the basics first

My favorite topics

Sports, TV, Life

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New York

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My learning goals

Enrich your horizons and learn more about the cultures and customs...

My favorite topics

Life Golf Badminton Movies Travel

My language exchange partner is

Humorous, optimistic, patient, gentlemanly and talkative

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New York

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My favorite topics

BTS and music (Ariana grande, Billie eilish...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who’s in bts army and who’s my age.

My learning goals

To know a little or a lot about these places/languages before I travel to them.

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New York

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone motivated and knowledgeabl...

My learning goals

Learn new languages and cultures

My favorite topics

Food, working out, financial market, social activities, traveling, and many more!

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My learning goals

I really want to become proficient in all the languages I'm learnin...

My favorite topics

Photography, art, literature, art, design and philosophy. I'm a fashion and fine art photographer as well. My IG: alberto_loredo

Perfect language exchange partner

avid readers, language learning lovers, artists, interesting people, and making at least one friend

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New York

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My favorite topics

Travels, new cultures and foo...

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy-going and interesting to talk to and of course knows the language I am trying to learn...haha

My learning goals

Be able to hold a conversation in the language I am learning and be able to understand and get my around with the language. At the same time, also get the chance to meet interesting people and learn about new cultures

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My language exchange partner is

Native Brazilian Portuguese speaker...

My learning goals

Be conversational in basic Portuguese by May when I go to Brazil

My favorite topics

Yoga, travel, culture, music, philosophy, literature, tv

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New York

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My learning goals

Primary goal is to meet interesting people here, share life experiences...

My favorite topics

Anything that you find interesting and intriguing about the world, share hobbies/ education/ career / traveling and life experiences

Ideal language community partner

Friendly people looking to have good interesting deep conversations. who wants to share experiences and to know about each other cultures and cuisines etc. interested to talk about all kind of topics. New ppl- new things to learn :)

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My favorite topics

Life, business, news, science, art...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Native English speaker

My learning goals

Speaking English like a native speaker

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New York

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is fun and nice!...

My learning goals

To be able to be fluent in many languages.

My favorite topics

Writing, cosplay, drawing, video games, comics, travel, music and making friends!

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New York

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My learning goals

To become conversationally fluent at Spanish...

My favorite topics

Music, travel, food, tv shows/movies

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone chill who can teach me about their country’s culture (music, sports, movies, etc.)

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New York

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My favorite topics

Automobiles, but I'm friendly so saying hello won't be a problem...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who can and is willing to teach me and would be patient with my mistakes.

My learning goals

To be fluent in multiple languages.

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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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New York

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who is friendly and enthusiastic about teaching new languages....

My learning goals

Gain fluency and cultural awareness

My favorite topics

Art, culture, history, and traveling!

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New York

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My learning goals

Fluency in my learning language...

My favorite topics

Talking about life, travel, movies, and other cultures

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who really wants to learn my native language and will help me learn theirs.

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New York

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My favorite topics

your interests, everyday life, culture, history, music, art,...

Perfect language exchange partner

open minded! i'm happy to make new friends. sorry have been away from app...was travelling and now have covid , will be back soon

My learning goals

i'm taiwanese-american, mostly here to improve my mandarin and spanish. happy to meet up for coffee in New York or elsewhere while traveling. i enjoy speaking ok portuguese. my german is rusty but fine

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New York

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I want a conversation partner who is

Fun, kind and adventurou...

My learning goals

To be able to fluently speak Spanish with others

My favorite topics

Travel, international news, nature, love, spirituality

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New York

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My learning goals

I want to speak to video call someone new every wee...

My favorite topics

I like food, sports, music, and travel. Rap to me in spanish to unlock my friendship

My language exchange partner is

Some one who is patient with my broken spanish, and is going to take the time to help me

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New York

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My favorite topics

Psychology Philosophy Culture Society People Government Conspiracy...

Ideal language community partner

Boring

My learning goals

To know

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New York

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kindness and sincerit...

My learning goals

I think any kind of learning is useful

My favorite topics

any

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New York

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My learning goals

Just be a little bit more involved with the world as a whole...

My favorite topics

Movies, traveling, ghost stories

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is respectful and wants to share their culture with me.

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New York

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My favorite topics

Language and culture, traveling and advanture...

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly and outgoing, love languages and traveling

My learning goals

Learn as many languages and cultures as possible

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New York

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My language exchange partner is

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My learning goals

To practice English and teach someone who wants to study Chinese.Or just wanna be friend with me

My favorite topics

Sports NBA Video games Food traveling Chatting actually everything

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New York

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My learning goals

To speak fluently in a target language I am learning. I wish...

My favorite topics

I enjoy a variety of science topics, whether it’s biology, philosophy, or linguistics. I also enjoy talking about books. — Hallo, mein Name ist Alvin. Ich mag Wissenschaft-Psychologie und Biologie, oder Linguistik. Ich freue mich darauf, mit dir zu sprech

Ideal language community partner

Someone witty and intelligent, to have deep conversations with. Ich würde gerne mit jemandem sprechen, der geistreich und intelligent ist, damit wir gemeinsam tiefe Gespräche führen können.— 我想和一位口齿伶俐的朋友聊关于深刻的话题。

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New York

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My favorite topics

Food, traveling, beauty and pop cultur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone LITTTT ✨✨✨✨✨

My learning goals

Accuracy!! I want to be able to read and speak naturally without stuttering

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New York

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Perfect language exchange partner

Passionate about learning English and can help me with my Chinese...

My learning goals

我想提高我的中文我希望我有机会将来去中国练习说中文

My favorite topics

Hey, I’m Sarah. I’m Malaysian and I’m currently living in New York. I love talking about any entertaining stories, music, art and travelling. 我是Sarah,我是一个马来西亚人住在纽约。期待跟大家聊天,一起努力学习语言吧!

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New York

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My learning goals

I want to discover new languages and try to achieve a decent...

My favorite topics

Anthropology Photography Films Art Poetry

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy going, funny, joyful, curious, sensible

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in New York?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 2,884 speakers in New York 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 New York?

There are 2,884 members in New York on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than New York are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/chapel-hill />Chapel Hill, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/leominster />Leominster, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/fort-worth />Fort Worth.

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 2,884 do it in New York.