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Siouxsie

Siouxsie

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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French

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English

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Spanish

LEARNS

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Russian

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Ukrainian

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Italian

My favorite topics

Movie, litterature ,traveling, languages, food/cooking (wine!),...

My language exchange partner is

Outgoing, sarcastic, curious, and here to learn languages through mutual/opposite culture/view of the World. Not here to give basic English lessons.

My learning goals

Ultimate goal is to meet you in real life ! I also collect hats and artéfacts from the World, exchange of art/photograph/presents would be a must!

nikola

nikola

Edinburgh

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Greek

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English

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German

LEARNS

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Spanish

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Turkish

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal language community partner

Relaxed, open personalit...

My learning goals

Communicating at a good level with ppl around the world

My favorite topics

Life , humans, chillin, hiking, music, cultural differences, LoL (game),meetin interesting people around the am human

India

India

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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German

Russian Flag

Russian

My learning goals

To be able to converse with relative eas...

My favorite topics

Linguistics, general topics, feminism, politics, parties

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Interested in languages, friendly and open-minded

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Roger

Roger

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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French

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German

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My favorite topics

I am open to various topics; I study food literature and it will...

Perfect language exchange partner

Open-minded, responsive, friendly

My learning goals

Enhance my confidence in speaking English (or French and German)

Mona

Mona

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Hokkien Flag

Hokkien

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

Crimean Tatar Flag

Crimean Tatar

Ukrainian Flag

Ukrainian

Breton Flag

Breton

I want a conversation partner who is

Language enthusiast & people with dark humour...

My learning goals

Would really love to work on Crimean Tatar and Austrian & Swiss German but also have to focus on Castellano for work

My favorite topics

Not Chinese. My fluency in the language is a result of colonisation Culture•Cuisine•Academic Knowledge

Zsófi

Zsófi

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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Hungarian

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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French

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German

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Russian

My learning goals

I would like to improve my spanish and german and french :...

My favorite topics

Sociology, psychology....

My language exchange partner is

Cheerful, smart, great sense of humour :)

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Claire

Claire

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

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Emoji

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Korean Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

Makeup/Travel/Music/Movie/Boo...

Ideal language community partner

Polite/humorous/knowledgeable

My learning goals

Expressing ideas about topics in all fields more freely than ever/Thinking logically and in English/ Improving my academic English (currently living in the U.K. )/Being eloquent and cute

Sara

Sara

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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Finnish

Swedish Flag

Swedish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is open-minded, willing to learn themselves and help...

My learning goals

Simply improve in as many languages as I possibly can, have fun and make lots of mistakes on the way

My favorite topics

books & poetry / travel / living abroad / dance / linguistics / philosophy / lotr, fantasy & dragons

Sasha

Sasha

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Italian Flag

Italian

LEARNS

Russian Flag

Russian

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

Learn as much lenguages as i ca...

My favorite topics

Movies Music History A little about everything

Perfect language exchange partner

Happy simple and relaxed

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Marco

Marco

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

Italian Flag

Italian

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Spanish

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English

LEARNS

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French

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Dutch

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

My favorite topics

Film, book, music, and a bit of everything...

I want a conversation partner who is

Everyone!

My learning goals

I'd like to improve my language skills.

怡

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

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English Flag

English

French Flag

French

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My language exchange partner is

I wish u were a fast typer sorry if it’s rigorous hah...

My learning goals

Make friends with THOSE who are enthusiastic musically, and fancy photography or traveling :•)) if u r a 70s rock music maniac, it will be just fabulous!!!

My favorite topics

photography/films/books/guitar/dubbing

Bianka

Bianka

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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Slovak

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English

Czech Flag

Czech

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be able to become as fluent as possible in Spanis...

My favorite topics

Psychology, philosophy, music, films, travelling

Ideal language community partner

Someone open minded with a sense of humour who can talk about anything and everything

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Nick

Nick

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

French Flag

French

My favorite topics

Science, technology, video games, movies, philosophy, music,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly

My learning goals

I want to get extremely good at Korean, good enough to read most books. Could also really use help on chinese. Let’s talk about whatever!

Melanie 梅乐妮

Melanie 梅乐妮

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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Greek

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German

Italian Flag

Italian

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Chatty, positive and kind,健谈的 和有礼貌 的 ...

My learning goals

Practice mandarin chinese to become fluent. Help whoever wants to improve their english (native level fluency certified with Cambridge’s CELTA).Practice Italian and German to keep them active and help others in the process. 练习普通话能流利. 练习我知道的所有其他语言,帮助人能说流利

My favorite topics

Food, travel and people. 食物,旅游 和生活 都可以!

Edwin

Edwin

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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Malay

LEARNS

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

Able to hold casual conversatio...

My favorite topics

Anything in general really, world issues to small talks, I’m all up for it

I want a conversation partner who is

Humorous, patience and easy to talk to

Vincenzo

Vincenzo

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

Italian Flag

Italian

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French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

I love sports mainly football and basketball, I like to travel...

My language exchange partner is

Positive and nice people...

My learning goals

I have to improve my english urgently...

Leonie

Leonie

Edinburgh

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German

LEARNS

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French

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English

Scottish Gaelic Flag

Scottish Gaelic

Ideal language community partner

I'd love to meet new people from all over the world who are just...

My learning goals

I‘d love to get better in Scottish Gaelic.

My favorite topics

Books. Movies. Music. Taekwondo. Hiking. Everything creative.

Gordon

Gordon

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Scottish Gaelic Flag

Scottish Gaelic

LEARNS

Finnish Flag

Finnish

German Flag

German

Italian Flag

Italian

My learning goals

learning every language on eart...

My favorite topics

trying to make the world a better place, eating, making a mess while cooking, music in the languages I'm learning

Ideal conversation exchange partner

friendly, progressive people who don't mind me butchering their language a little (a lot)

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Kieran

Kieran

Edinburgh

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English

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Spanish

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German

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Food and Cooking, Technology, Recent Events, Culture Difference's....

Perfect language exchange partner

I want to talk with someone who is patient and will be willing to talk to me slowly so that I can learn! I want to find someone who will help me acquire the languages I want to learn.

My learning goals

I want to start learning simple words through conversation. Then work on greetings and then getting more advanced. I want to work on milestones of 500, 1000 and 2000 words in each language!

Фама

Фама

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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Italian

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French

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

I'd like improve my language skills in russian, french and English...

My learning goals

Speaking fluently russian, french, english and islandic

My favorite topics

I like sport, nature, science and watch series. I love so much travelling and russian history and literature

Daniel

Daniel

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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English

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Portuguese

LEARNS

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Italian

French Flag

French

Korean Flag

Korean

My learning goals

Learn new cultures and language...

My favorite topics

i want to learn, french and italian. capisco l’italiano ma non sono buono con la scritta et ma français est très mal

My language exchange partner is

music, astronomy, science, languages, politics, humanity

Laura

Laura

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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English

Polish Flag

Polish

LEARNS

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Spanish

French Flag

French

Italian Flag

Italian

My favorite topics

Hola. Estoy aprendiendo español ahora y quiero hablar con alguien...

Ideal language community partner

Quiero encontrar gente que gusta los idiomas.

My learning goals

Quiero mantener mi nivel de español y practicarlo mucho. También, me gustaría hablar más. En cuanto al francés, necesito que preparar para la universidad.

Vivi

Vivi

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Interesting, friendly, as foodie as I am will be fantastic...

My learning goals

Being able to communicate with people who only speak that language

My favorite topics

Food, Culture, Movie, News, Gender studies, Theatre, Education, NGO, Social issue, Traveling Anything fun, anything random!

Ziting

Ziting

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

English Flag

English

French Flag

French

My learning goals

Everyday native English. YES I m working on becoming an English...

My favorite topics

Major in teaching Chinese to speakers of other language. I m happy to share if you are a Chinese learner or you are interested in Chinese & UK culture ,-)

Perfect language exchange partner

Easygoing and polite people. INS: zitingyu98

Dorothea

Dorothea

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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Greek

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English

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Portuguese

French Flag

French

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Swedish

My favorite topics

Music, Art, Digital media, arts installations, social issues,...

I want a conversation partner who is

Understanding, patient, polite, fun

My learning goals

I want to improve by chatting with a native

Max

Max

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

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English

German Flag

German

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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Italian

French Flag

French

My language exchange partner is

Friendly, down to earth, liberal minded and with a wide range...

My learning goals

To be able to speak excellent Italian

My favorite topics

Culture, travel, literature, film, music, football, politics, philosophy, food,

Eimear

Eimear

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Irish Flag

Irish

LEARNS

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

Bavarian Flag

Bavarian

My learning goals

Great speaking skills. For German & French I would like to find...

My favorite topics

Im Irish! She/her. Music, baking, travelling, culture, TV shows and anything interesting really!

Ideal language community partner

Chatty, open-minded, not afraid to correct me, friendly

Stuart

Stuart

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

German Flag

German

Italian Flag

Italian

My favorite topics

Me gusta viajar y conocer gente de otras regiones del mundo...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fun and interesting people

My learning goals

Learning Spanish, German and Italian

Giulia

Giulia

Edinburgh

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SPEAKS

Italian Flag

Italian

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

English Flag

English

Dutch Flag

Dutch

Perfect language exchange partner

I'd like to talk to any English, Dutch or Japanese native speakers....

My learning goals

• Mastering English • Reading Japanese • Basic conversation in Dutch

My favorite topics

I'm trying to maintain and develop my English language skills. I'll be studying at a high level soon and I want to be prepared. Please feel free to correct me anytime! I'm currently teaching myself Japanese. I'm only a beginner!

Ammar

Ammar

Edinburgh

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Urdu Flag

Urdu

Punjabi Flag

Punjabi

LEARNS

German Flag

German

Arabic Flag

Arabic

Russian Flag

Russian

My learning goals

To widen my horizon...

My favorite topics

Travel; Food; Interests

I want a conversation partner who is

Somebody who is good at having conversations

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Edinburgh?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 433 speakers in Edinburgh looking to learn together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequent City Questions

How many people are available for language exchange in Edinburgh?

There are 433 members in Edinburgh on Tandem.

Which other locations in United Kingdom other than Edinburgh are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as Slough, Bristol, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-kingdom/king's-lynn />King's Lynn.

What is Tandem and what is language exchange?

Tandem is the language learning app where millions of people teach each other. More than 500,000 people visit Tandem each month and 433 do it in Edinburgh.