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Language exchange in New York

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JayR

JayR

New York

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English

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Emoji

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Chavacano

LEARNS

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Spanish

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Japanese

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Tagalog, Filipino

My favorite topics

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My language exchange partner is

, -, . Enthusiastic people who enjoys having daily conversation.

My learning goals

To be able to understand one another in order to promote world peace ☮️!

Oscar

Oscar

New York

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SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Thai Flag

Thai

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal language community partner

Travelers, lovers of music, business people, or just anyone looking...

My learning goals

I am just here to help people practice so anyone, feel free to send me a message. If I can learn another whole language though, it would be nice

My favorite topics

Travel/Music/Photography/Business Here to help you practice writing and speaking another language. I am here for anything

Aaron

Aaron

New York

SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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Quechua

My learning goals

Become fluent or close to fluent in all of the languages I intend...

My favorite topics

Anything from nature, politics, science, music etc

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is kind and is such as passionate about cultural and language exchange

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Sheila

Sheila

New York

SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

English Flag

English

Italian Flag

Italian

LEARNS

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

Russian Flag

Russian

My favorite topics

Sports, anime, videogames, tv series, movies, travels, food,...

Perfect language exchange partner

With someone friendly and who can make me laugh

My learning goals

Learn new languages i don't know in this new year.

Asad

Asad

New York

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SPEAKS

Urdu Flag

Urdu

Hindi Flag

Hindi

Punjabi Flag

Punjabi

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

French Flag

French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Relaxed, learning in a fun way, taking it easy and making progress....

My learning goals

Like to get some what fluent, but rather get the basics first

My favorite topics

Sports, TV, Life

Melina

Melina

New York

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

American Sign Language Flag

American Sign Language

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Japanese Flag

Japanese

French Flag

French

My learning goals

To know a little or a lot about these places/languages before...

My favorite topics

BTS and music (Ariana grande, Billie eilish)

My language exchange partner is

Someone who’s in bts army and who’s my age.

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Ketan

Ketan

New York

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SPEAKS

Gujarati Flag

Gujarati

Hindi Flag

Hindi

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Russian Flag

Russian

Spanish Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Language learning...

Ideal language community partner

Who is interesting to talking about caluter and like to travel

My learning goals

Learning different culture and language

Sh

Sh

New York

SPEAKS

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English

Japanese Flag

Japanese

German Flag

German

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Russian Flag

Russian

Swedish Flag

Swedish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone motivated and knowledgeabl...

My learning goals

Learn new languages and cultures

My favorite topics

Food, working out, financial market, social activities, traveling, and many more!

Alberto

Alberto

New York

SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Valyrian Flag

Valyrian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Russian Flag

Russian

My learning goals

I really want to become proficient in all the languages I'm learnin...

My favorite topics

Photography, art, literature, art, design and philosophy. I'm a fashion and fine art photographer as well. My IG: alberto_loredo

Perfect language exchange partner

avid readers, language learning lovers, artists, interesting people, and making at least one friend

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Ethiraj

Ethiraj

New York

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

French Flag

French

Haitian Creole Flag

Haitian Creole

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Russian Flag

Russian

Spanish Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Travels, new cultures and foo...

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy-going and interesting to talk to and of course knows the language I am trying to learn...haha

My learning goals

Be able to hold a conversation in the language I am learning and be able to understand and get my around with the language. At the same time, also get the chance to meet interesting people and learn about new cultures

Siena

Siena

New York

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English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Korean Flag

Korean

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is fun and nice!...

My learning goals

To be able to be fluent in many languages.

My favorite topics

Writing, cosplay, drawing, video games, comics, travel, music and making friends!

Junjie

Junjie

New York

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Korean Flag

Korean

Russian Flag

Russian

My learning goals

To practice English and teach someone who wants to study Chinese.Or...

My favorite topics

Sports NBA Video games Food traveling Chatting actually everything

Ideal language community partner

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Wardi

Wardi

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Spanish

Italian Flag

Italian

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

My favorite topics

People, sports, languages, anything. I want to learn about the...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is committed to learning with me. And someone who likes to have fun

My learning goals

Proficiency in multiple languages

Ying

Ying

New York

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English Flag

English

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Chinese (Simplified)

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

Native Brazilian Portuguese speaker...

My learning goals

Be conversational in basic Portuguese by May when I go to Brazil

My favorite topics

Yoga, travel, culture, music, philosophy, literature, tv

Lorenzo

Lorenzo

New York

SPEAKS

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French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Arabic

Italian Flag

Italian

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

I want to discover new languages and try to achieve a decent...

My favorite topics

Anthropology Photography Films Art Poetry

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy going, funny, joyful, curious, sensible

KZ

KZ

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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American Sign Language

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Persian

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

My favorite topics

Automobiles, but I'm friendly so saying hello won't be a problem...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who can and is willing to teach me and would be patient with my mistakes.

My learning goals

To be fluent in multiple languages.

Sarah

Sarah

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Malay Flag

Malay

LEARNS

American Sign Language Flag

American Sign Language

Hokkien Flag

Hokkien

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal language community partner

Passionate about learning English and can help me with my Chinese...

My learning goals

我想提高我的中文我希望我有机会将来去中国练习说中文

My favorite topics

Hey, I’m Sarah. I’m Malaysian and I’m currently living in New York. I love talking about any entertaining stories, music, art and travelling. 我是Sarah,我是一个马来西亚人住在纽约。期待跟大家聊天,一起努力学习语言吧!

Rahmi

Rahmi

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

Igbo Flag

Igbo

My learning goals

I want to speak to video call someone new every wee...

My favorite topics

I like food, sports, music, and travel. Rap to me in spanish to unlock my friendship

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Some one who is patient with my broken spanish, and is going to take the time to help me

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dior

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Emoji Flag

Emoji

Polish Flag

Polish

My favorite topics

Food, traveling, beauty and pop cultur...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone LITTTT ✨✨✨✨✨

My learning goals

Accuracy!! I want to be able to read and speak naturally without stuttering

Shirley

Shirley

New York

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SPEAKS

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Spanish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Italian Flag

Italian

French Flag

French

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who is respectful and wants to share their culture with...

My learning goals

Just be a little bit more involved with the world as a whole

My favorite topics

Movies, traveling, ghost stories

Takeshi

Takeshi

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Japanese Flag

Japanese

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Korean Flag

Korean

French Flag

French

My learning goals

To become conversationally fluent at Spanish...

My favorite topics

Music, travel, food, tv shows/movies

My language exchange partner is

Someone chill who can teach me about their country’s culture (music, sports, movies, etc.)

Sebastian

Sebastian

New York

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SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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English

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Chinese (Traditional)

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Arte ,Musica, ciencias , sociologia e historia psicologi...

Ideal language community partner

Una persona que quiera aprender sobre otros estilos de vida , y tambien claro pasarla bien :D

My learning goals

Aprender a desenvolverme y modismos.

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Polish Flag

Polish

Russian Flag

Russian

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is friendly and enthusiastic about teaching new languages....

My learning goals

Gain fluency and cultural awareness

My favorite topics

Art, culture, history, and traveling!

Harutyun

Harutyun

New York

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SPEAKS

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Armenian

Russian Flag

Russian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

My learning goals

Learn enough to communicate freele...

My favorite topics

Music, movies, books, science

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who wants to talk :)

Rodney

Rodney

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Thai Flag

Thai

My favorite topics

Travel, international news, nature, love, spiritualit...

I want a conversation partner who is

Fun, kind and adventurous

My learning goals

To be able to fluently speak Spanish with others

Amelia

Amelia

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Italian Flag

Italian

LEARNS

Norwegian Flag

Norwegian

My language exchange partner is

⚡️NO DATING ⚡️ I’d love to find a a friendly and helpful lang...

My learning goals

I am recently starting Deutsch and would love someone to make basic dialogue with! I am also an intermediate learner and am open to chatting in Italian as well. (Put on hold )

My favorite topics

I like history, true crime, languages , and some Korean and Turkish dramas. Let’s talk about: Elite, Ragnarok, SKAM, Crash Landing on You, The Protector. Books I like: Clockwork Angel, Six of Crows, The Song of Achilles

Henry

Henry

New York

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

My learning goals

Speaking English like a native speake...

My favorite topics

Life, business, news, science, arts

Ideal language community partner

Native English speaker

Amir

Amir

New York

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Malayalam Flag

Malayalam

Hindi Flag

Hindi

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Russian Flag

Russian

My favorite topics

Psychology Philosophy Culture Society People Government Conspiracy...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Boring

My learning goals

To know

Brian

Brian

New York

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is friendly and passionate about language learning....

My learning goals

I want to improve my listening and speaking and be able to handle basic conversations in Japanese and Spanish. リスニングとスピーキングを向上させ、日本語での基本的な会話をできるようにしたいです。Quiero aprender español.

My favorite topics

Travel, food, and coffee. I really like the Japanese culture and have been to Japan several times. 海外旅行、食べ物、コーヒー、日本の文化がとても好きてす。Viajes, comida y café.

Tom

Tom

New York

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Italian Flag

Italian

My learning goals

I want to learn Spanish for wor...

My favorite topics

Movies, tv shows, family, friends, photos, food, anyone in New York City text me!:)

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is caring and understanding. Someone who is patient.

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in New York?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 2,884 speakers in New York 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 New York?

There are 2,884 members in New York on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than New York are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as Salt Lake City, Tamuning, and Boise.

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 2,884 do it in New York.