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Learn Chinese (Simplified) in Cape Town

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Cape Town

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Spanish

My favorite topics

#Native Chinese ...

My language exchange partner is

People who travels a lot, speaks fluent English or Spanish.

My learning goals

Fluent my english and improve Spanish.

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Cape Town

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Ideal language community partner

活泼开朗善良...

My learning goals

结交世界各地的朋友。

My favorite topics

sport,trip,music.

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Cape Town

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Speak new languages and meet new and exciting cultured people...

My favorite topics

Travel, reading, spirituality, friendships, business, relationships, outdoor activities, sport, music, fun, entertainment

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kind, honest, open, fun, patient, interesting, friendly and loving

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Food, sport, pretty much anything...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone, not picky at all!

My learning goals

To become fluent in Mandarin

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Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Cape Town

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Cape Town

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Everybody has there own uniqueness...

My learning goals

Expressiveness. Pronunciation. Fluency.

My favorite topics

Life. Spirituality. Love.

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

improve my spoken mandarin, begin to learn basic korean and french...

My favorite topics

music, movies, photography, literature, art !

My language exchange partner is

just be friendly and chill, I’d like to make some friends, or at least close acquaintances lgbt welcome

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Cape Town

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Anything. Games, reading, general conversatio...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is willing to practice a little bit everyday and is friendly

My learning goals

I want to be able to practice speaking another language

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Cape Town

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

someone who can help me in confidence and grammar. Someone who...

My learning goals

to visit mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong and be able to have comfortable conversation one day. 谢谢你

My favorite topics

我喜欢外国音乐和中国音乐。 我非常喜欢看看影视。 请问分享你们偏爱音乐和影视!

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Cape Town

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To improve my language abilities and conversation skill...

My favorite topics

Food, gaming, the outdoors

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone relaxed, but fun

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Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Afrikaans

My favorite topics

Coding, environmental issues, history, science (physics, quantum...

I want a conversation partner who is

Are enthusiastic, love learning new things

My learning goals

Speak fluently in any language i want to learn or maybe able to have a decent conversation with someone.

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Cape Town

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Arabic

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English

My language exchange partner is

I don't have a clue ye...

My learning goals

Less mistakes, more confidence.

My favorite topics

Tennis, Emma Blair novels and Japanese culture

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Cape Town

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German

My learning goals

I would like to improve my knowledge of German and learn phrases...

My favorite topics

I'm a physics and maths student and a climate activist. I've never been much of a language enthusiast but there is something about the German language that just draws me in. I can't get enough of it.

Ideal language community partner

People who aren't too shy to have actual audio and video conversations. I can write German reasonably well. I need speaking practice. Leuten, die nicht zu schüchtern sind zu telefonieren. Ich muss mein Gesprochenes Deutsch üben.

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Cape Town

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Romanian

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Russian

My favorite topics

culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference, i dont need those words

My learning goals

not limited in languages learning. my goal is to be tougher and stronger person, gain more experience of life, and explore so many abandoned islands

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Cape Town

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone that's enthusiastic about learning a new language I suppose!...

My learning goals

I wish to be able to have a conversation without many faults. That's it pretty much.

My favorite topics

Culture , food , books , movies , art and a few other things including cats.

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Cape Town

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English

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Swiss German

My learning goals

Ability to communicate in day to day lif...

My favorite topics

Traveling, Music, Movies, History, Entrepreneurship

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who not only helps me with the language but someone I can enjoy conversation with :)

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Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Spanish

My favorite topics

My hobbies are reading, dancing, listening to music. I'm passionate...

My language exchange partner is

Patient, nice and helpful

My learning goals

To be able to communicate with other people who don't speak my native languages.

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Grace uses Tandem to feel connected to the world.

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

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Cape Town

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German

Ideal language community partner

I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open...

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible!

My favorite topics

Travelling, Makeup, decoration, cooking, movies, TVShows,...

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Cape Town

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French

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Portuguese

My learning goals

I would like to hold a normal casual easy conversation in Portugues...

My favorite topics

Politics, music, art, technology, a bit of spirituality, anything interesting really

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded, willing to help me improve my Portuguese, willing to introduce me to the culture, funny, interesting, can be weird, honest and real (swear words allowed)

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N.

Cape Town

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Korean

My favorite topics

Series/shows/dramas/movies ,Languages , Music , Scienc...

Perfect language exchange partner

A kind ,talkative person that would share my interests and communicate with me often

My learning goals

•Become intermediate in Spanish •Be confident in writing and communicating in Korean

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Cape Town

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English

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Korean

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who will speak will help me say phrases in Korean and...

My learning goals

To be able to have a full conversation in the language I wish to learn by the end of the year.

My favorite topics

I enjoy books(I'm a Library Science major), different cultures, sceneries and the seasons, photography, animals(especially my dog), music, the love of the colour yellow, films(I once wanted to be a film major), art and just life in general.☆

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K.

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Arabic

My learning goals

I want to learn about different cultures. I love speaking to...

My favorite topics

I love talking about music, watching movies and reading books

My language exchange partner is

Someone who's funny and bubbly, polite and sincere

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Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music , dancing ,traveling and sport I also find reading a bit...

Ideal language community partner

A open, wise and funny person . I'm an educare student .. love working with children and making people happy

My learning goals

To speak korean is my most important goal but any other language im keen to learn

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Cape Town

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English

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

We don’t necessarily have to share the same interests. I’m always...

My learning goals

I love Spanish - listening to it & how it feels when I speak. I’ve had a long standing interest in South America & have visited twice, learning in Argentina before taking more courses in Spain. Now I want to try to relearn as I have forgotten so much!

My favorite topics

I’m interested in talking about music, politics, conscious living & spirituality, ethics, environmentalism and more. And my attempt in Spanish... Me interese hablando sobre temas incluido música, las políticas, la vida buena (??),el medio ambiente y más

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Cape Town

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Shona

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Spanish

My learning goals

I study Mandarin at uni, so it would be great to get some speaking...

My favorite topics

I love listening to music, learning languages, meeting new people

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone! I’m really friendly and easy to talk to, so don’t be afraid to say hi :)

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Cape Town

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Pashto

My favorite topics

Food, Languages, Touring, hiking, cultures, histor...

I want a conversation partner who is

Females and males that speak Russian, Chechen, Spanish, English

My learning goals

I want to learn how to speak Russian

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Cape Town

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Xhosa

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is fun, outgoing with a passion for traveling and...

My learning goals

I’d just like to improve my language skills and learn a few useful phrases in Spanish for when I visit South America!

My favorite topics

Medicine, traveling and learning languages! Tarrynk92

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Cape Town

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French

My learning goals

I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian....

My favorite topics

I enjoy reading, writing, art, learning languages and etymology. I also love discussing films (especially those directed by Nolan, Aronofsky or Villeneuve).

Ideal language community partner

Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted.

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Cape Town

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Culture, music, traveling, Jesu...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who would help me practice Spanish and also anyone who needs help with English or Afrikaans.

My learning goals

To be conversational in Spanish within 2020

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Cape Town

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Dutch

Perfect language exchange partner

I’m looking for Dutch and Spanish language parents who live IN...

My learning goals

I want to reach C2 in Dutch in the next 6 - 12 months (end of 2023 latest) and B2 in Spanish in the next 12.months (end of 2023).

My favorite topics

Current affairs and social media (memes, lots of memes), films and series, media production and filmmaking (I’m a filmmaker), the art of living well and the struggles of adulting, travel, nature (the ocean and mountains specifically, I live in Cape Town)

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Cape Town

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Xhosa

My learning goals

I want to be at an beginner to intermediate level in Dutch at...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about sports, Physics (astronomy mostly) and Computer Science.

I want a conversation partner who is

A friendly and talkative person. A person that share most of my interests.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Cape Town, South Africa?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 172 Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Cape Town looking to learn Chinese (Simplified) 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 Chinese (Simplified) language exchange in Cape Town?

In Cape Town there are 172 members ready to have a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange.

Are there other locations in South Africa other than Cape Town where I can find a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange partner?

You can also find a Chinese (Simplified) Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/chinese/vereeniging />Vereeniging, <a href=/learn/chinese/johannesburg />Johannesburg, and <a href=/learn/chinese/sandton />Sandton.

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 172 of them coming from Cape Town.


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