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Learn Japanese in Manhattan

Learn to actually speak Japanese by making friends with native speakers

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Manhattan

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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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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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Japanese speakers in Manhattan

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Manhattan

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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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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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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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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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Smyrna

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Portuguese

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English

My learning goals

Aprender o inglês é um desafio que tenho enfrentado a algum tempo,...

My favorite topics

Trabalho Lazer Diversão Saúde Religião

Perfect language exchange partner

Que seja alegre e disposto a ensinar e aprender

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Evansville

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German

My favorite topics

Literatura, Series, Arte en general...

I want a conversation partner who is

Conversador @, amigable, interesado@ en varios aspectos de la vida.

My learning goals

Hablar con nativos para ganar fluidez, prácticar todos los días

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Isla Vista

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English

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is patient, since I’m still practicing my skills....

My learning goals

I want to be able to understand everyday casual spoken Mexican Spanish and participate in most casual conversations.

My favorite topics

Reading books, philosophy or psychology, jokes, LGBTQIA+

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Austin

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English

My learning goals

Know more people...

My favorite topics

Life experiences

Ideal language community partner

Honest and trustful.

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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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Summerville

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel Current events Festivals Bargain...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’m interested in communicating in Spanish and Portuguese languages to develop stronger skills

My learning goals

I’d like to be able to communicate better with others when I travel abroad

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Denton

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Lots of conversation and good humor! (面白い人...

My learning goals

Be able to speak Japanese fluently and a native level. (日本語ぺらぺらになりたい)

My favorite topics

Anything (なんでもいい)

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Peoria

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Learn Spanish and try sign languag...

My favorite topics

Sport Pets Entertainment movies

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind, patient and knowledgeable

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Bellaire

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English

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German

My favorite topics

I have been learning piano in addition to German and I work as...

My language exchange partner is

Ideally somebody around my age but honestly I don’t really have a strong preference.

My learning goals

I just want to build some speaking confidence more than anything. I can generally communicate what I need to in writing but struggle more when speaking

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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Lansdale

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English

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Ideal language community partner

Someone patient and understandin...

My learning goals

To speak more fluently and make new friends

My favorite topics

Fitness,music,travel,and Having fun in life

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Ontario

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English

My learning goals

I would like to improve my English skills and become more fluent....

My favorite topics

Travels, food, drinks and dancing Gastronomy, films ( comedy, action , suspend all of categories...)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I would like to talk about your travel experiences. Places that you can recommend to visit anything. New ways to learn a language, which’s your typical food? Interesting topics. Please if you try to be flirt , stay away for me.

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Los Angeles

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English

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Czech

My favorite topics

Horses video games life...

Perfect language exchange partner

Nice funny kind caring understanding cool weird but funny smart laid back likes sports

My learning goals

I just want a friend from another place

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New York

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English

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French

I want a conversation partner who is

Good conversation and happy to chat in both our language...

My learning goals

I’d like to pass C1 French (eventually)

My favorite topics

Art, books, travel, anthropology, tech

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Lewiston

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Korean

My learning goals

Fluenc...

My favorite topics

Music, writing, animals

My language exchange partner is

Kind, respectful, and patient

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East Cleveland

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Japanese

My favorite topics

いろいろですね。でもやばりゲームが一番好きです。音楽?アニメ?There are certainly more, but...

Ideal language community partner

英語か中国語お勉強したいの日本人の友達、よろしく。私はアメリカに9年間住んでいました。三月中から日本語の勉強を始めました。だから、日本語が下手です。もしあなたがちょうと中国語か英語を話したら、よかたです。Sorry for the grammars and spellings guys. It’s testing my limit. 我的语法求放过

My learning goals

いつかに日本に旅行に行きます!Actually, I’d like this to be my third language. 然而大概很难

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Libertyville

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Easy to talk to, helpfu...

My learning goals

Become more comfortable having a conversation

My favorite topics

Sports (swimming, riding horses)

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New York

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Being able to form sentences, short conversations, and able to...

My favorite topics

Travel, greetings, and hobbies.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who understands Chinese grammar.

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Reston

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My favorite topics

The wonderful things of life. I hope to find the woman of my...

I want a conversation partner who is

A beautiful, charming, intelligent, hardworking, kind and a lovely woman

My learning goals

To speak fluently

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Kirkland

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English

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Marathi

My language exchange partner is

Frequent communication practice. Kind and patient. Corrects me...

My learning goals

Oral language proficiency in both

My favorite topics

Spirituality, cooking, current events

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Chester

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English

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Arabic

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be able go speak spanish fluently so I can speak with my spanish...

My favorite topics

I like to stay active by playing soccer, going to the gym, ans running in the morning. I also enjoy reading and learning new concepts or idea. I am 19 years old I have a full time job as a banker and want to learn more spanish to assit my customers.

Ideal language community partner

Somone who is not afraid to fail, is open to learning, and always willing to grow.

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Wichita

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

Makeup, animals, food, video game...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Nice, patient, helpful

My learning goals

I want to be able to speak enough Korean to feel comfortable enough to visit Korea some day

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Auburn

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English

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Vietnamese

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Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is engaging and responsive...

My learning goals

To be able to speak Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean fluently

My favorite topics

Movies, art, photography, Instagram, books, anime, hobbies, food, Netflix, writing, graphic design

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Fort Leonard Wood

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English

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German

My learning goals

I want to be able to learn basic Korean words and phrases as...

My favorite topics

I enjoy music, k-pop, books and reading. I like talking about philosophy and stuff. I also really like jokes and memes and insane and funny theoretical situations.

I want a conversation partner who is

Somebody that’s patient, because I can be a little slow at times, and this is new to me because I’ve never chatted with anyone like this online, and I’m not used to talking to people in another language.

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

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

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

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

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/philadelphia />Philadelphia, <a href=/learn/japanese/fremont />Fremont, and <a href=/learn/japanese/college-park />College Park.

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.