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Learn French in Cape Town

Learn to actually speak French by making friends with native speakers

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My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open minded (and I’m not looking for someone to flirt with lol just in case) ☺️

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible!

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Ideal language community partner

Cette personne aime le bon vin et sortir de chez lu...

My learning goals

Parfaire mon allemand et sotho

My favorite topics

Je n'ai pas de sujet préféré, j'adore parler de tout !

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My learning goals

Queria chegar a um nível oral fluente em vários idiomas...

My favorite topics

Viagens, actualidades, política, relações internacionais, esportes, amizade, festas...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Uma pessoa engraçada, aberta de pensamento e que gosta de conversar de tudo.

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

WHATEVE...

Perfect language exchange partner

I want to meet nice and funny people!

My learning goals

I want to learn new languages and to meet people.

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French speakers in Cape Town

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Cape Town

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I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone willing to have a conversation and teach...

My learning goals

Improve my language skills.

My favorite topics

History. Languages. Travelling. Religion. Nature.

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Cape Town

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Spanish

My learning goals

Apprendre l'espagnol...

My favorite topics

Travel, politic, society, music

My language exchange partner is

I'm opdm

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Cape Town

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Chinese (Traditional)

My favorite topics

Tous types de sujets...

Ideal language community partner

Ouverte d'esprit, positif, Humble, Perfectionniste.

My learning goals

La Perfection.

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Cape Town

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted...

My learning goals

I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian. I am mostly-focused on French now (for university). I recently developed an interest in Icelandic.

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).

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

I want to improve my pronunciation and oral comprehension. I...

My favorite topics

J’aime discounter les politiques, de la science, les célèbres et les livres

Perfect language exchange partner

Around my age, with similar interests to me. A native French-speaker who also wants to learn English & won’t be afraid to correct my mistakes. (And have me correct theirs!)

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Fashion Food My country Spor...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who likes fashion and is up to date with what’s happening with celebs. A person who enjoys food and is interesting and easy to talk to.

My learning goals

To be able to speak French and Italian fluently

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Cape Town

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My language exchange partner is

My perfect buddy would be someone who is open minded, with a...

My learning goals

I wish to improve my written and spoken Swedish, and also to learn more about Swedish culture.

My favorite topics

I'm a technical cg artist, backyard philosopher, gamer, reader, writer, and dreamer.

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

To enjoy my journey of learning a language, and in the end to...

My favorite topics

Weather, movies, really anything!

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can have great discussion and help with grammatical errors.

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Social media affairs Personal interes...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Young understanding funny

My learning goals

Understand the language better

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Cape Town

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Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone and everyone who just likes to chat and have fun. Make...

My learning goals

To learn new culture and also to learn French.

My favorite topics

Literature like poems, novels and stories. I also like comic book based movies and music

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

Improve my French fluency and pronunciatio...

My favorite topics

Animals, art, music

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who does horse riding

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Movies, music, travel, books, pop cultur...

My language exchange partner is

People who want to have a long term language exchange

My learning goals

To be able to read and interpret quickly, and speak with fluent spontaneity.

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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Cape Town

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Ideal language community partner

Somebody who i can engage with and develop a connection with...

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak german and french at least semi fluently

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing a variety of different topics, I am very easy going so the topic doesn’t really matter

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

To become conversational and to build friendships...

My favorite topics

Film, series, travel, faith, climbing, surfing,

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Easy going and keen to learn as much as possible not only about language but the culture that surrounds a language.

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Philosophy...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is serious about learning and teaching. Humour, pride and culture would be absolutely stunning in conversation!

My learning goals

Firstly, to speak French fluently. After that, I’ll change this section.

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Cape Town

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I want a conversation partner who is

Are enthusiastic, love learning new thing...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Coding, environmental issues, history, science (physics, quantum mechanics, mechatronics), social issues.

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

I would like to practise my French. And I want to learn Japanese:...

My favorite topics

Photography, art, travelling, animation, manga etc.

My language exchange partner is

Someone who's willing to talk about anything and looking for new friends. Let's just start by talking about our day I guess. :)

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Cape Town

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German

My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community partner

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

My learning goals

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

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Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who likes all sorts of topics and enjoys discovering...

My learning goals

To fluently read, write and speak the language of my choice.

My favorite topics

Sewing, animation, art, DnD, animals, books etc.

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

Get my French to the next leve...

My favorite topics

Travelling, food, nature, diving, paries and sausage dogs are my fave. Loving experiencing new cultures and people. I like to hear about others’ experiences all over the place so I can plan my next adventure

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone that is open to new experiences and excited about life!

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

- Weltprobleme - tägliche Erlebnisse - Ernährung & Fitness -...

I want a conversation partner who is

Ganz egal! Ich freue mich immer mit jemandem zu reden egal wer diese Person ist.

My learning goals

- Französisch verbessern - bisheriges anwenden

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Cape Town

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My language exchange partner is

Somone who speaks French and/or Portugues...

My learning goals

I want be fluent in French and Portuguese

My favorite topics

I really love learning new things about different cultures

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

To achieve a level of conversational French. Not necessarily...

My favorite topics

Music interests range from Coltrane to the Rolling Stones to Sigur Ros.

Ideal language community partner

A French speaker! From any francophone country. So I can get to grips with the language that I’ve not been able to fully comfortable in.

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Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Films, books, current affair...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fluent speaker male or female

My learning goals

To be fluent in French

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Cape Town

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Perfect language exchange partner

An easy going, progressive person. And super forgiving for my...

My learning goals

I want to be able to have a decent conversation on many topics in French. I mainly want to majorly improve my vocabulary.

My favorite topics

- My family - Books - Tv shows: Mentalist, Brooklyn Nine Nine, The Office, Lucifer, Dirk Gentley Holistic Detective Agency - Food - Any hobbies and interests

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Cape Town

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My learning goals

I’d like to generally increase my level of a language or two...

My favorite topics

The universe, writing, music, aspirations and ambitions, friends and family, music, travel, changes in life, the mind, daily problems, love, words, languages. And lots more!

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone very keen to learn and to teach. Someone patient - I will be too. I’d love to be of similar age and to be able to talk about many things & connect deeply. Someone unafraid to say how they feel and share themselves, and to listen to me do the same.

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 French speakers in Cape Town looking to learn French 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 French language exchange in Cape Town?

In Cape Town there are 172 members ready to have a French language exchange.

Are there other locations in South Africa other than Cape Town where I can find a French language exchange partner?

You can also find a French Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/french/bloemfontein />Bloemfontein, <a href=/learn/french/sandton />Sandton, and <a href=/learn/french/johannesburg />Johannesburg.

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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