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My favorite topics

Travel, food, music, books, TV shows, language...

My language exchange partner is

A fun, light-hearted Spanish speaker who will correct my mistakes and help me improve my speaking and writing skills.

My learning goals

To be able to hold a conversation with a native speaker and improve my overall comprehension of the language.

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Ideal language community partner

-Someone who wants to talk via audio -calls! -Someone who likes...

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!

My favorite topics

I like to discuss all the crazy things about language (I'm a linguist!). I also love books, mindfulness / meditation, music, coffee. But I'm willing to talk about anything if someone is interesting ;) I prefer to avoid politics and I'm not into sports

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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

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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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My favorite topics

Películas, tecnología, músic...

Perfect language exchange partner

Alguien divertido y extrovertido

My learning goals

Espero divertirme mientras aprendo

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I want a conversation partner who is

German speaking ppl who want to practice English/Russian but...

My learning goals

To be able to talk fluently (ish)

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Hello! My name is Angelika, you may go with Lika. I'm from Russia, currently studying/working in the US. I'm open to practicing German with natives but if you want to improve your English/Russian, I’d be happy to chat in those languages as well

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Portland

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My learning goals

Improve my German fluency before traveling to Germany in September...

My favorite topics

Soccer, hockey, transit, playing and listening to music, engineering

My language exchange partner is

Someone who’s enthusiastic about sharing their language and culture with others.

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Portland

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My favorite topics

Comedy, podcasts, books, travel, cooking, feminism, television,...

Ideal language community partner

Someone smart, funny, sarcastic

My learning goals

Better conversational skills and improved grammar in German

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Portland

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

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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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.

Perfect language exchange partner

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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My favorite topics

Fitness - Cookin...

I want a conversation partner who is

Intellectual, nice and open minded people

My learning goals

Improving language skills and sharing cultural and personal experiments

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Russian

My language exchange partner is

Someone patient with me, and willing to answer not only questions...

My learning goals

To be fully fluent in Russian, and live in Russia for a few years. For German, I’d like to become at least partially fluent.

My favorite topics

Food, verbs, clothing and any fun vocabulary for russian, I know most things I just need to add to my vocabulary. For German, conversational skills please!!

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Portland

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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!

Ideal language community partner

Funny people who are serious about learning and teaching!

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My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation exchange 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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Perfect language 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?

My favorite topics

Bicycles腳踏車, piano tuning鋼琴調音, cryptocurrency加密貨幣, black tea紅茶, oolong tea烏龍茶, matcha抹茶, vegan/vegetarian cooking 素食

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Japanese

My learning goals

I just want to practice Japanes...

My favorite topics

Basketball mostly Portland Trail Blazers

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone that I can practice Japanese with

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My favorite topics

Questions of culture & philosoph...

My language exchange partner is

Spirited conversation, partners willing to correct me

My learning goals

Better my flow

Simone

Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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"I hadn't learnt English for 15 years and only a year ago I was A2, or rather holiday English. Now I'm preparing for the C1 exam! So if you want to brush up on a language, Tandem is the perfect app for you."

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Ideal language community partner

No preference. Just someone really fun to talk to. I would love...

My learning goals

Being able to speak English just like native speakers

My favorite topics

General topics, Computer science. I’m really good at table tennis haha I used to be a state champ in Japan

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My learning goals

To be fluent in as many languages as possibl...

My favorite topics

Language, science, math, music

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Interesting, passionate about learning

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My favorite topics

I like drawing, learning languages, growing vegetables/cacti,...

Perfect language exchange partner

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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Swedish

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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My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Spanish and eventually other languages...

My favorite topics

Music, fitness, travel, sports, humor, art...

My language exchange partner is

People at a similar stage of their language learning process.

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Music, anime, food, video games, animals, art, cars etc. I can...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who has similar interests as I do, isn't timid and can make me laugh. 私と同じような興味を持っていて、私を笑わせることができる人。If you live near by hmu! I'm always looking to meet new people and have more practice time

My learning goals

To get better at speaking Japanese and learn more vocabulary. I'll help teach you English if you'd like to chat in Japanese with me.

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Everyone! I enjoy chatting with all sorts of peopl...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

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

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Portland

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Korean

My learning goals

To become more better and natura...

My favorite topics

School:)) and where you come from

Perfect language exchange partner

That can talk often and has a lot of interest in each other

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My favorite topics

I’m a photographer and visual artist, hoping to travel to Mexico...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone with patience, because I am very beginner with Spanish! I’ve been trying to learn for about a year, but am hoping for someone who wants to speak both Spanish and English with me so I can learn.

My learning goals

I have many plans to visit Mexico soon, and my partner’s family is Mexican. I would like to be able to converse with them and ideally become fluent someday.

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My language exchange partner is

good sense of humor laid back eager to lear...

My learning goals

advanced leaner and fluent in spanish.

My favorite topics

Music Animals Skateboarding Food

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My learning goals

Je veux pouvoir visiter la France dans quelques années et pouvoir...

My favorite topics

J’aime dessiner, parler avec mes amis, étudier les maths et les sciences, et dormir . Oh, et j’aime les enfants et les bébés . Ils sont si adorable

Ideal language community partner

J’aime parler avec tout les personnes! Je peux vous aider avec votre anglais, et vous pouvais m’aider avec mon français :)

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My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation exchange 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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Perfect language exchange partner

Eu quero melhorar meu português. Depois eu gostaria de aprender...

My learning goals

Conocer muchas personas y aprender portugués.Y quizás, aprender otro idioma

My favorite topics

I would like to talk about any topic, I enjoy watching horror movies and documentaries. // Eu gostaria falar sobre cualquier coisa, Eu me divirto assistindo Filmes de terror é documentários.

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My learning goals

Saber el inglés como segunda lenguaj...

My favorite topics

Música, viajes comida animales

I want a conversation partner who is

Que me explique bien el inglés y que le pueda entender

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 159 German speakers in Portland looking to learn German 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 German language exchange in Portland?

In Portland there are 159 members ready to have a German language exchange.

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

You can also find a German Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/german/pasadena />Pasadena, <a href=/learn/german/littleton />Littleton, and <a href=/learn/german/palo-alto />Palo Alto.

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 159 of them coming from Portland.