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Learn Japanese in New York

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My favorite topics

Food, working out, financial market, social activities, traveling,...

My language exchange partner is

Someone motivated and knowledgeable

My learning goals

Learn new languages and cultures

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Ideal language community partner

Someone chill who can teach me about their country’s culture...

My learning goals

To become conversationally fluent at Spanish

My favorite topics

Music, travel, food, tv shows/movies

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My learning goals

To be able to understand one another in order to promote world...

My favorite topics

️ ️️ ✈️ ⚕️️‍♀️

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

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My favorite topics

Travel/Music/Photography/Business/Fitness Here to help you practice...

Perfect language exchange partner

Travelers, lovers of music, business people, or just anyone looking to chat

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 :)

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Simpatico, educato, amante dei viagg...

My learning goals

Imparare l’inglese fluentemente sia per il privato che per il lavoro

My favorite topics

Cultura, bellezza, trucco, moda, fotografia, arte, città, viaggu

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My learning goals

have fun with speaking other language...

My favorite topics

music movie romance

My language exchange partner is

friendly fun kind

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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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Ideal conversation exchange partner

avid readers, language learning lovers, artists, interesting...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

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

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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

Perfect language exchange partner

Easy going, funny, joyful, curious, sensible

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My favorite topics

Food, traveling, beauty and pop cultur...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone LITTTT ✨✨✨✨✨

My learning goals

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

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My language exchange partner is

Someone who enjoy talking to people Someone who is a bright person Someone...

My learning goals

I wanna become conversational (speaking casual English)

My favorite topics

fashion(shopping) music travelling food culture movie

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My learning goals

日本人の友達と話すのと同じくらい、英語で外国の人とコミュニケーションを取れるようになりた...

My favorite topics

好きなもの、恋愛、仕事、夢❤︎

Ideal language community partner

フレンドリーで、話が続く人。いろんなことに興味があるひと*

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Join a global community

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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My favorite topics

I want to be able to speak English. I'm a hair dresser...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I want you to tell me a lot about everyone's home country.

My learning goals

because one can't speak English want to be able to talk

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Hi, I’m from Tokyo, Japan. Now I’m in NYC to study English (to...

My learning goals

Use English in business

My favorite topics

Culture, food, musical, art, movie, book

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My learning goals

To practice English and teach someone who wants to study Chinese.Or...

My favorite topics

Sports NBA Video games Food traveling Chatting actually everything

I want a conversation partner who is

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My favorite topics

Love music, movie, food, travel, sports...

My language exchange partner is

Open mind , easy talk, fun considerate, and good smile ;)

My learning goals

To be able to converse well in English, and making new friend , to see new people.

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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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Ideal language community partner

Person who can teach each other , tell me about anything! ...

My learning goals

I want to speak English fluently and can use for business.

My favorite topics

about life, NY ,culture fashion music eat or... anything!!! I came US to learn English!!

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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

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

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My favorite topics

Movies, musicals, exercises, foo...

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind, honest, and interested in Japanese culture and language

My learning goals

Be able to communicate in English as a native speaker.

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I want a conversation partner who is

Whom I can study with :) katalkID:johnny1140...

My learning goals

I want to study hard

My favorite topics

Bio. Psychology. Neuroscience research. Studying MCAT right now. katalk ID:johnny1140

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My learning goals

To be fluent enough to discuss social issues in foreign language(Chinese,...

My favorite topics

Workout, Reading

My language exchange partner is

Partner who can help me with speaking and listening of Chinese.

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My favorite topics

Culture, food, science, art, travel, and more...

Ideal language community partner

Those who are patient, understanding, and are enthusiastic to learn!

My learning goals

Become more confident in speaking foreign languages.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Cute lad...

My learning goals

To work with some kinds of language.

My favorite topics

Football, travel, badminton and language

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My learning goals

Be able to speak what I want to say like my mother language....

My favorite topics

I like traveling and workouts!

Perfect language exchange partner

Practice together, and improve together!

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

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Native English speaker

My learning goals

Speaking English like a native speaker

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Anyone who is kind to help me improve my English...

My learning goals

Improve my English, make friends....

My favorite topics

Sports, Movies, Music........

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My learning goals

For English, Business level. For Italian, Conversational level...

My favorite topics

Art, Culture, Books, Art History, Japanese traditional cultures, kimono, Food

Ideal language community partner

I’m not sure but I think someone who is interested in different cultures.

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Language and culture, traveling and advanture...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly and outgoing, love languages and traveling

My learning goals

Learn as many languages and cultures as possible

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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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Wisdom and laughte...

My favorite topics

Philosophy, literature, human culture. Ars longa vita brevis.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone thoughtful who likes to learn and express oneself

Looking for an online language exchange partner in New York, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 2,884 Japanese speakers in New York looking to learn Japanese together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Japanese language exchange in New York?

In New York there are 2,884 members ready to have a Japanese language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than New York where I can find a Japanese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/fremont />Fremont, <a href=/learn/japanese/santa-fe />Santa Fe, and <a href=/learn/japanese/mount-laurel />Mount Laurel.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 2,884 of them coming from New York.