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Learn French in Manhattan

Learn to actually speak French by making friends with native speakers

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Manhattan

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Daily lifeculture work out️ scam walks away cuz it won't work...

My language exchange partner is

Chatterbox, Coolest ppl, energetic ppl.

My learning goals

Make friends no cap. Doing a PhD study try to survive.

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Manhattan

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Portuguese

Ideal language community partner

Cualquer um que deseje falar e aprende...

My learning goals

Melhorar nas outras linguas

My favorite topics

Música, Esportes e Biología

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G.

Manhattan

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English

My learning goals

Deseo poder aprender a comunicarme bien en el idioma estudiado...

My favorite topics

Me gusta conocer nuevas personas, viajar, conocer nuevos lugares. Amo la ciencia y mi pasión esta en el campo.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Personas con metes abiertas e inteligentes para poder hablar de temas interesantes y aprender uno del otro.

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Manhattan

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

culture, kpop, food, animal...

Perfect language exchange partner

anyone who wants to be friends and help me with korean

My learning goals

get to a point where i can visit korea and speak comfortably

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French speakers in Manhattan

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Manhattan

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

I can learn off them easily and there fun to talk t...

My learning goals

To be able to be fluent in the language

My favorite topics

Just random conversations

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H.

Manhattan

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to have to opportunity to talk with someone in Spanish...

My favorite topics

Anything like jobs or school or life or food or sports or literally anything

My language exchange partner is

Someone who doesn’t mind my horrible spanish

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C.

Manhattan

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German

My favorite topics

Music, Politics, Current Events, Philosophy, Science, Architecture,...

Ideal language community partner

Engaging and Curious

My learning goals

I feel like I have hit a plateau in German and I want to get better

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Y.

Manhattan

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

友善有趣学...

My learning goals

顺利交流

My favorite topics

生活美食宠物

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Ontario

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To learn at least one language and study for 30 minutes a da...

My favorite topics

K-POP,life,kdramas,personality

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who can help me learn and improve the language I want and make new friends

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M.

San Clemente

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Books, life, anything interesting! Tell me your fave conspiracy...

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind, open a little weird and lgbtqia friendly!

My learning goals

To speak and get more confident in my speaking/written skills in French! And to brush up on my ASL, and to learn FSL and ISL as well as Dutch!

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K.

Grand Rapids

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German

My language exchange partner is

I’m looking for someone to chat with a little bit each day over...

My learning goals

-I will be going to Germany in Fall 2023 for an intensive German course. I would like to be comfortable having conversations in German before I arrive in Germany.

My favorite topics

Reading, games (board games and video games), animals, traveling, hiking, camping, history, music, visiting local parks

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New York

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Russian

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English

My learning goals

Learning the language to the level of communicatio...

My favorite topics

Car, Fishing

Ideal language community partner

I don’t know

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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Hialeah

NEW

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about different things, from kpop to life stories...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone that I can communicate with and we can share each other’s languages with.

My learning goals

I would like to learn Korean or maybe even Japanese

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E.

Siloam Springs

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Similar interests, can explain Japanese grammar/usage, patien...

My learning goals

I want to be able to talk with my Japanese friends at college and easily communicate with others and make friends when I study abroad.

My favorite topics

Music, reading, pets

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J.

Watertown

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English

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French

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Russian

My learning goals

Learn enough Russian before I start colleg...

My favorite topics

Video games, movies, comic books, cartoons, tv shows, cats, high school, life, lgbt, science

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind, understanding, progressive, doesn’t like arguments, shy

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J.

Los Lunas

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English

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Italian

My favorite topics

Technology, philosophical ideas, Current events, popular movies...

My language exchange partner is

Easy-going, fun, someone who I won't feel embarrassed to talk to when I speak incorrectly. Happy.

My learning goals

I would like to be fluent enough in the language to be able to listen to radio or watch tv in the language I'm learning so that I can understand most of what is going on. Eventually, I would like to be able to converse with people naturally in my new lang

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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Gloversville

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English

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French

Ideal language community partner

Friendly, funny, maybe a little craz...

My learning goals

Learning for fun

My favorite topics

Books, music, TV

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Madison

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Japanese

My learning goals

melhora pessoal e profissiona...

My favorite topics

tudo menos futebol

Ideal conversation exchange partner

paciente

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Irving

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English

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Italian

My favorite topics

Music, everyday conversations, kpop, ar...

Perfect language exchange partner

Helpful, funny, open minded

My learning goals

I want to be able to have a short conversation in Italian and be able to understand what other people say even if I can’t fluently respond at first

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N.

San Diego

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English

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is interested interested in talking about culture...

My learning goals

I would like to be fluent in Japanese by 2027

My favorite topics

Culture, movies and tv, history, food, travel, anime, video games

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Ypsilanti

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To be highly conversational and improve literacy. I also would...

My favorite topics

Music, Martial Arts, TV/Movies, and Travel

My language exchange partner is

An intense language learner!

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T.

Mount Vernon

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Portuguese

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English

My favorite topics

General affairs, I love to read, travel, wine, food, beer and...

Ideal language community partner

I like to talk and I am very talkative, I would love to meet people, astral, cool, patient and with many stories of exchanges, who help me with my English and would love to help you with Portuguese ....

My learning goals

Consegui aprender o suficiente para fazer um intercâmbio de au pair ou a entrevista para ser comissária da Emirates

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Long Beach

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English

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who has a desire to learn, anyone who is enthusiastic,...

My learning goals

Ease of conversation, expanding vocabulary, understanding better.

My favorite topics

I’m interested in theater, literature, politics, textile arts, music, writing, spiritual practices… There is little that doesn’t interest me.

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Yuma

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Mexican Sign Language

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English

My learning goals

Poder aprender para comunicarme en otros idiomas...

My favorite topics

Perfect language exchange partner

Amigable ,

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Nashua

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English

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American Sign Language

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Dutch

My favorite topics

Games, Movies, Technology, Anything electroni...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who’s chill and understand that i’m not gonna do to great learning these languages, and that i just want patience and i wanna make friends!

My learning goals

I’d like to be able to talk to my girlfriends mom, she speaks tagalog so that’s super important.

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San Diego

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Japanese

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English

My language exchange partner is

Feel free to talk and kind to me;also I tend to be. Now I want...

My learning goals

To talk in English smoothly. I moved to San Diego now but still not good enough to speak English… please teach me..

My favorite topics

Music,culture,I want to talk a lot to improve my skills of English. I like marvelous mrs Maisel!

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Portland

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English

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My learning goals

Better my flo...

My favorite topics

Questions of culture & philosophy

Ideal language community partner

Spirited conversation, partners willing to correct me

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Coconut Creek

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French

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English

My favorite topics

I’d like to talk about different cultures, share some experiences...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A person who can speak with fluency and freedom of expression

My learning goals

I want to be able to express myself fluently when speaking, to write and understand the language of English and French

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Franklin

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English Native...

My learning goals

English

My favorite topics

I want to improve my writing in English and practice the language more. I'm from Brazil and currently live in the United States on exchange

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West Hollywood

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Swedish

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English

My learning goals

Improve more colloquial speech, learn expressions to speak fluentl...

My favorite topics

Philosophy,, Travel, Politics, Daily Life

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who likes to talk about issues, is knowledgeable about the world, and is willing to talk about a variety of topics

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 13 French speakers in Manhattan 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 Manhattan?

In Manhattan there are 13 members ready to have a French language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Manhattan where I can find a French language exchange partner?

You can also find a French Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/french/rochester />Rochester, <a href=/learn/french/arlington />Arlington, and <a href=/learn/french/dallas />Dallas.

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 13 of them coming from Manhattan.