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Language exchange in Portland

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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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Portland

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Cantonese

Ideal language community partner

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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Portland

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German

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Everyone! I enjoy chatting with all sorts of people

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Portland

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Greek

My favorite topics

Questions of culture & philosoph...

Perfect language exchange partner

Spirited conversation, partners willing to correct me

My learning goals

Better my flow

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Portland

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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.

My favorite topics

Music, psychology, travel, metaphysics, art, fun!

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Portland

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Danish

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in as many languages as possible. I’m looking...

My favorite topics

Biology, theatre, music, musical theatre, cooking, guitar, medicine

My language exchange partner is

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

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Portland

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My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community 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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Portland

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Swedish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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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Russian

My learning goals

I want to communicate with some of the families in my community...

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.

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, encouraging, and humorous.

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Portland

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Norwegian

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Finnish

My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

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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Portland

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French

My language exchange partner is

Someone friendly and kind that wants to learn together our languages...

My learning goals

Keep practicing Spanish, learn Italian and a little german

My favorite topics

Biking, camping hiking are activities that occupy my time during the summer. During winter I enjoy skiing, sewing, art and music

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Portland

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Emoji

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My learning goals

I would like to improve my language learning skills and meet...

My favorite topics

All topics

Ideal language community partner

I want to meet people of all nationalities who are open minded, patient, & knowledgeable. I also want to Practice my language skills and make new friends

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Portland

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My favorite topics

I like to discuss all the crazy things about language (I'm a...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

-Someone who wants to talk via audio -calls! -Someone who likes to talk about random stuff! -Someone who has something to say!

My learning goals

Help others with their English, maintain my Spanish, improve my bad German, and meet new people (friends!). I want to practice talking and listening, not writing so much. I have a wife so I'm not looking for more, but new friends are nice!

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K.

Portland

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone chill to talk about food with...

My learning goals

I’d love to polish my Spanish and work on my French

My favorite topics

Soccer movies tv politics

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Portland

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Italian

My learning goals

I would like to refine my english skills and my german. Also...

My favorite topics

Technology, travelling, sports, philosophy, understanding people, learn new languages, having fun.

I want a conversation partner who is

I can talk with anybody who wants to share with me her/his own story. I'm a very good listener.

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Portland

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Turkish

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Thai

My favorite topics

Food, craft beer, aviation, science fiction, outdoor activities,...

My language exchange partner is

Someone interested in nerdy topics like video games and technology

My learning goals

I want to be able to make conversation in my target language with any native speaker I come across.

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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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Portland

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Ideal language community partner

Com pessoas que ajudem com a língua ingles...

My learning goals

Avançar no inglês

My favorite topics

Music, movie, theater, art, psychology, etc

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Portland

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Quechua

My learning goals

...

My favorite topics

I like to speak about philosophy and society and about nature and the world. I'm open to discuss anything really

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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Portland

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Korean

My favorite topics

Fashion Design, fashion styling, anime, health + wellness, photography,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is willing to help a beginner!

My learning goals

Be able to read and have conversations

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Portland

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I want a conversation partner who is

Talk about interesting topic...

My learning goals

Learn languages

My favorite topics

sports, science, philosophy, biology, civil engineering and music

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Portland

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Catalan

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French

My learning goals

I want to improve my language skill...

My favorite topics

Sports, technology, travel, music and language learning or pretty much anything

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is open minded and easy going. Someone who is respectful and embraces other cultures

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Portland

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Music, travel, books, philosophy, culture. ...

Ideal language community partner

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

My learning goals

I want to get better at spanish

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Portland

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open-minded, not afraid to correct my writin...

My learning goals

I want to learn more specialized vocabulary, practice using complex tenses and moods, and learn more colloquialisms in Italian. I have similar goals for French and Latin but I'm a bit less advanced.

My favorite topics

Languages, science, cooking

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Portland

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Hebrew

My learning goals

Be conversationally fluent in French and Spanish...

My favorite topics

Learning and eating

Perfect language exchange partner

Fun, smart, and foodies

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Portland

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Polish

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel, food, skiing, and a ton of other stuff....

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to learn English can help me with French! I can talk about almost anything!

My learning goals

Conversational proficiency and maybe one day, fluency. I’d really love to be able to hold a conversation with someone in French!

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Portland

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Portuguese

My language exchange partner is

Someone who likes learning languages, and wants to talk about...

My learning goals

I want to be more fluent in languages that I'm learning as well as help other people practice their English.

My favorite topics

I like to talk about music, travel, and family.

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Portland

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French

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Italian

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Want to help teach Spanish and English and maybe learn French,...

My favorite topics

Feminism, dogs, movies, tv shows, astrology

Ideal language community partner

Someone fun and open minded.

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Portland

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My favorite topics

Bicycles腳踏車, piano tuning鋼琴調音, cryptocurrency加密貨幣, black tea紅茶,...

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。

My learning goals

Improve my conversational Mandarin. Learn more Chinese sayings and euphemisms. Maybe help someone with their English?多學習比較口語的說法,也許幫你學英文?

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Portland

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Korean

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Italian

Perfect language exchange partner

An upbeat, energetic person with lots to shar...

My learning goals

I want to be more comfortable in everyday, informal conversations.

My favorite topics

Music, fashion, and food!

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Portland

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Korean

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My learning goals

Learning many kinds of languag...

My favorite topics

Idol, songs, travel

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind and fun

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/cape-coral />Cape Coral, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/detroit />Detroit, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/queens />Queens.

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.