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Language exchange in Portland

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Portland

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

I like drawing, learning languages, growing vegetables/cacti,...

My language exchange partner is

People interested in fun TPRS. TPRS means: 1) telling short stories. 2) describing pictures. 3) asking and answering questions about the stories and pictures.

My learning goals

Practice listening and speaking without overthinking. Learning to understand and recognize different accents.

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R.

Portland

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

Spanish speakers mostly. People who want to get deep into some...

My learning goals

I want to get better at spanish

My favorite topics

Music, travel, books, philosophy, culture. Instagram:shouttodalord

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R.

Portland

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Improve my conversational Mandarin. Learn more Chinese sayings...

My favorite topics

Bicycles腳踏車, piano tuning鋼琴調音, cryptocurrency加密貨幣, black tea紅茶, oolong tea烏龍茶, matcha抹茶, vegan/vegetarian cooking 素食

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who can message back and forth throughout the day. 可以跟我偶爾交流訊息的人。

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L.

Portland

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

I would like to talk about any topic, I enjoy watching horror...

Perfect language exchange partner

Eu quero melhorar meu português. Depois eu gostaria de aprender francês e italiano

My learning goals

Conocer muchas personas y aprender portugués.Y quizás, aprender otro idioma

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N.

Portland

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Funny people who are serious about learning and teaching...

My learning goals

To speak Portuguese fluently!

My favorite topics

Social issues, TV shows, documentaries, cultural differences, life stories, and food. Languages are my passion!

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S.

Portland

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Spanish and eventually other languages...

My favorite topics

Music, fitness, travel, sports, humor, art...

My language exchange partner is

People at a similar stage of their language learning process.

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P.

Portland

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Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Music, Art, Dance, Books, Languages, Culture, Geography, Daily...

Ideal language community partner

Everyone! I enjoy chatting with all sorts of people

My learning goals

I want to practice my German conversation skills and start learning Spanish

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M.

Portland

Fluent

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Spanish

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English Flag

English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Que me explique bien el inglés y que le pueda entende...

My learning goals

Saber el inglés como segunda lenguaje

My favorite topics

Música, viajes comida animales

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M.

Portland

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Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Better my flo...

My favorite topics

Questions of culture & philosophy

Perfect language exchange partner

Spirited conversation, partners willing to correct me

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H.

Portland

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English

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Swedish

My favorite topics

Music, psychology, travel, metaphysics, art, fun...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who loves to have fun and be silly!

My learning goals

I would love to learn to be pretty fluent for travels and being able to connect to people on another level.

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Y.

Portland

Fluent

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

My language exchange partner is

I want to talk about life, culture and hobby...

My learning goals

I wanna meet more friends and learn other cultures.

My favorite topics

I like swimming,working out,riding. I love traveling and reading. 我喜欢运动特别游泳还有骑自行车。我爱旅行,读书。

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D.

Portland

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

To get better at speaking Japanese and learn more vocabulary....

My favorite topics

Music, anime, food, video games, animals, art, cars etc. I can converse about most subjects though. 音楽、アニメ、食べ物、ビデオゲーム、動物、芸術、カルマ。私はほとんどの科目について話すことができます。

Ideal language community partner

Someone who has similar interests as I do, isn't timid and can make me laugh. 私と同じような興味を持っていて、私を笑わせることができる人。If you live near by hmu! I'm always looking to meet new people and have more practice time

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C.

Portland

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English

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Norwegian

My favorite topics

I like talking about various languages, technology, health, piano...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Mexican Spanish native learning English. Mandarin Chinese native learning English and a Norwegian native or someone non-native who also needs to practice speaking in conversation.

My learning goals

I want to be able to easily understand any movies in the languages I'm learning and carry a deep conversation with people when I travel.

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S.

Portland

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English

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

J’aime parler avec tout les personnes! Je peux vous aider avec...

My learning goals

Je veux pouvoir visiter la France dans quelques années et pouvoir parler en français « normally »

My favorite topics

J’aime dessiner, parler avec mes amis, étudier les maths et les sciences, et dormir . Oh, et j’aime les enfants et les bébés . Ils sont si adorable

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R.

Portland

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English

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Polish

My learning goals

Why do I need to answer this...

My favorite topics

Anything! Art, language, science, movies, pop culture.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone open-minded and non-judgemental

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T.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Basketball mostly Portland Trail Blazer...

My language exchange partner is

Someone that I can practice Japanese with

My learning goals

I just want to practice Japanese

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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J.

Portland

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English

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Chinese (Traditional)

Ideal language community partner

Hmm someone who is interested in learning and in teaching...

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in Mandarin one day!

My favorite topics

Music, movies, philisophy, comedy, language, cultural differences, hobbies, passions.

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A.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Keep up my chinese bring my spanish up to spee...

My favorite topics

Pokemon, jiu-jitsu, travel

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Can switch between languages and very patient

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K.

Portland

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Fluent

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Japanese

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

General topics, Computer science. I’m really good at table tennis...

Perfect language exchange partner

No preference. Just someone really fun to talk to. I would love to help you with Japanese!

My learning goals

Being able to speak English just like native speakers

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A.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Interesting, passionate about learnin...

My learning goals

To be fluent in as many languages as possible

My favorite topics

Language, science, math, music

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D.

Portland

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

My goal is to learn Chinese and french, and meet new people along...

My favorite topics

Science, history, tech, curious facts, politics and pretty much any topic.

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who wants to practice spanish or english, and willing to share his/her culture (and language) any age, any gender (:

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M.

Portland

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English

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Spanish

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German

My favorite topics

Biology, theatre, music, musical theatre, cooking, guitar, medicin...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is passionate about what they’re talking about, can correct me when I’m wrong, and is okay with being corrected.

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in as many languages as possible. I’m looking into a career that would benefit from me knowing many languages.

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S.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Italian

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A funny, intelligent person, that doesn’t take themselves too...

My learning goals

Be able to be fluent in Italian, learn more about Italian culture, and make a friend overseas.

My favorite topics

Art, culture,travel, food, politics, feminism.

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M.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

To become more better and natura...

My favorite topics

School:)) and where you come from

Perfect language exchange partner

That can talk often and has a lot of interest in each other

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L.

Portland

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Spanish

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English

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German

My favorite topics

Películas, tecnología, músic...

I want a conversation partner who is

Alguien divertido y extrovertido

My learning goals

Espero divertirme mientras aprendo

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J.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

good sense of humor laid back eager to lear...

My learning goals

advanced leaner and fluent in spanish.

My favorite topics

Music Animals Skateboarding Food

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P.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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German

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be able to hold a conversation with a native speaker and improve...

My favorite topics

Travel, food, music, books, TV shows, languages

Ideal language community partner

A fun, light-hearted Spanish speaker who will correct my mistakes and help me improve my speaking and writing skills.

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V.

Portland

Fluent

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English

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Arabic

My favorite topics

Really anything I do like talking about dream jobs and accomplishments....

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is outgoing, funny, awkward and understanding like I am. Someone who can talk about all sorts of things. So if you’re nice, that’s good too. Oh and if they’re okay with sarcasm. There will probably be a lot of that.

My learning goals

I just really want to improve my knowledge of these languages. I wanted to click more but the limit is three. Which I think is just silly. But I’d love to be able to have conversations and understand more.

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A.

Portland

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English

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Samoan

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, encouraging, and humorous...

My learning goals

I want to communicate with some of the families in my community by speaking more comfortably in their native language as well as learn a language in general.

My favorite topics

I can talk about pretty much anything, I’m only an expert when it comes to myself or vine references. I enjoy discussing music, culture, current events, food, nature, and technology.

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Y.

Portland

Fluent

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Japanese

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

speaking skill and Engish communication skill improvemen...

My favorite topics

food, beer, wine, movie,

I want a conversation partner who is

person who corrects my mistake of English

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Portland?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 159 speakers in Portland 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 Portland?

There are 159 members in Portland on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than Portland 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/newark />Newark, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/san-bernardino />San Bernardino.

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 159 do it in Portland.