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Language exchange in Brooklyn

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Lindsey

Lindsey

Lexington

NEW

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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German

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about books, movies, music, culture, travel....

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is patient but encouraging (meine deutsch ist sehr schlecht)

My learning goals

I want to eventually become fluent in German.

Chang

Chang

New York

SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Ideal language community partner

Patien...

My learning goals

Able to read and speak a little of the lenguage

My favorite topics

Life. Books, emotions, movies, music

伯洋

伯洋

Wilmington

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

流利与他人用美语交...

My favorite topics

体育和人文地理

Ideal conversation exchange partner

流利掌握美语 具有一定文学素养

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Tandem partners in Brooklyn

Hannah

Hannah

Bellingham

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Norwegian

Irish Flag

Irish

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Scottish Gaelic

My favorite topics

Culture, travel, every day life, almost anythin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is excited to share their language, and is excited to learn mine. Must be patient and understanding

My learning goals

Get to a point where I can hold a conversation

Mark

Mark

Richmond

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

Russian Flag

Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to talk about their daily life. What things...

My learning goals

I would like to do some traveling to meet and speak with people in their native tongue. My desire to learn a language began because of friendships that I have formed with Mexicans at work.

My favorite topics

Wandering through the woods and learning new things

Blair

Blair

Seattle

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Italian Flag

Italian

My learning goals

I want to become fluent...

My favorite topics

Photography Culture Animals

My language exchange partner is

Some who has a good sense of humor, and also patient.

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Zachary

Zachary

Plainfield

NEW

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

The Bible, food, music, culture....

Ideal language community partner

Friendly and personable. Patient and good at teaching others.

My learning goals

To be able to comfortably talk with Chinese and Spanish speakers.

Lauren

Lauren

Rochester

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient, helpful, funny, can speak about many topics, and possibly...

My learning goals

I would like to be able to do my job in Spanish someday. I am a genetic counselor. I would also like to use Spanish with more confidence when I travel

My favorite topics

Movies, travel, genetics

Will

Will

Washington

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

LEARNS

German Flag

German

My learning goals

Maintain fluency and improve vocabular...

My favorite topics

Foreign travel, culture, politics, international relations, basketball, movies

Perfect language exchange partner

Easy going and interested in a variety of topics

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Nicki

Nicki

Washington

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

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French

Arabic Flag

Arabic

My favorite topics

Current events, culture, books, travel, foo...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone really! I like all kinds of people, especially those who travel and read books! :)

My learning goals

To refresh my language skills. I haven’t practiced in years!

Roryg

Roryg

Redding

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Swedish Flag

Swedish

My language exchange partner is

A beautiful young lady around my age that would keep me motivated...

My learning goals

I want to be proficient in two languages other than my own so I can be more comfortable and confident traveling abroad

My favorite topics

Music, food traveling and exploring new places

Chenlle

Chenlle

Greater Landover

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

To learn a new language by the end of the mont...

My favorite topics

Jokes,anything that interests u

Ideal language community partner

Kind,funny and speaks their mind

Kai

Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.

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"This is my favorite app on my phone, hands down. Within minutes of downloading it, I'd found people to chat with."

Brittany

Brittany

Ewing Township

NEW

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Music, memes, history, cultur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient, kind, someone who can keep conversation going because that isn't my strong suit.

My learning goals

I want to improve my Spanish listening and speaking skills in order to have conversation with Spanish speakers, as well as help others with their English speaking and listening skills

Dorian

Dorian

Gainesville

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone with good conversation...

My learning goals

Spanish and Portuguese by the end if the year.

My favorite topics

Anything

Ivy

Ivy

New Rochelle

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

French Flag

French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

I hope to at least learn to keep up a sentence, introduce where...

My favorite topics

I’m an artist and really enjoy Art as well as video games and movies.

I want a conversation partner who is

A perfect Tandem partner has to be good at keeping a conversation at least, just so things don’t get awkward ^ - ^

Adrian

Adrian

Rosenberg

SPEAKS

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Spanish

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My favorite topics

Video games, anime and mangas , culture...

My language exchange partner is

Friendly and mature also needs to like anime and video games

My learning goals

I want to learn Japanese so maybe the day I go there it won’t be hard to communicate with other people in Japan

Noah

Noah

Pacific Grove

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Ideal language community partner

好的朋友是一位跟想我一起说一说,很耐心的人...

My learning goals

我想毫不费力地说中文。

My favorite topics

我想聊些日常的生活,什么都在心神中。

Sháy

Sháy

Washington

SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

German Flag

German

French Flag

French

My learning goals

Continue practicing the languag...

My favorite topics

Sport, current events

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Extroverted and fun

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Parker

Parker

Bedford

NEW

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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German

My favorite topics

Conversation. Travel. Greetings...

Perfect language exchange partner

Nice. Helpful.

My learning goals

To become well spoken and possibly fluent

Sarah

Sarah

Austin

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SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

LEARNS

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Arabic

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Dutch

I want a conversation partner who is

I'm happy to talk about almost anything! If you like to laugh,...

My learning goals

I want to get better at speaking and understanding Levantine Arabic, especially the Syrian dialect. I also want to improve my Dutch language skills!

My favorite topics

I love travel, food, teaching and learning languages, studying translation and working to make the world a better place!

Denise

Denise

Atlanta

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

Greek Flag

Greek

LEARNS

French Flag

French

My learning goals

To confidently communicate with the local...

My favorite topics

Everything actually. From ppl’s daily life and adventures, to movies, music and books.

My language exchange partner is

Interesting, patient, knowledgeable, open minded and yes interesting again ;D

Katelyn

Katelyn

Sand City

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

German Flag

German

My favorite topics

Travel, movies, book...

Ideal language community partner

Patient and exited to have conversations

My learning goals

Eventually be conversational

Celeste

Celeste

Watertown

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

...

My learning goals

To improve my spanish

My favorite topics

Animals, food, music

Alex

Alex

West Falls Church

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Danish Flag

Danish

Swedish Flag

Swedish

Italian Flag

Italian

My learning goals

Learn the basic and able to watch a show without subtitles...

My favorite topics

Culture, politics, food, life, anything really

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone! There’s so many people out there and I can’t wait to meet all of ya

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Wheaton-Glenmont

NEW

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

I love going to hike in forests and mountains, and swimming in...

I want a conversation partner who is

My perfect partner would be someone who isn’t afraid to be themself, is excited to learn and grow together in our language journeys, and to become friends through our sharing of language and culture.

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Korean. I’m also interested in learning Japanese. I plan to travel to Korea and Japan one day. Please share with me Korean music similar to some of my favorite artists: 박혜진 Park Hye Jin, Aseul, Yoon Mirae, Yeule, and Yaeji.

Dylan

Dylan

Washington

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

My language exchange partner is

Willing to be patient, my French is rusty!...

My learning goals

I’d like to get close to fluent in French. My grandparents were native speakers (Cajun), but it wasn’t passed down. I’ve taken several years of French in school, but everything you’ve heard about the American school system is true.

My favorite topics

Politics, books, cooking, many other things!

Jenny

Jenny

New York

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

daily conversatio...

My favorite topics

travelling,current events,finance

Ideal language community partner

preferably in U.S. received high education

Carla

Carla

Angleton

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Vietnamese Flag

Vietnamese

My favorite topics

I’m a violinist and I love to play video games ...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone patient and is able to teach the language well!

My learning goals

I want to be able to at least withhold a conversation.

Kristy

Kristy

Conyers

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Korean Flag

Korean

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Doesn’t shy away from questions, asks a variety of things, wants...

My learning goals

Be able to hold a 10 minute conversation about anything in that language

My favorite topics

Anime, Kpop, The government, school

Vihanny

Vihanny

Oakland Park

SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

To be fluent in English ASA...

My favorite topics

About new cities or places to visit!

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who helps me learn about their culture and language!

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Brooklyn?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,369 speakers in Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn?

There are 1,369 members in Brooklyn on Tandem.

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

Tandem is also available in locations such as Columbia, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

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 1,369 do it in Brooklyn.