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Learn Russian in Cape Town

Learn to actually speak Russian by making friends with native speakers

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My favorite topics

culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i...

My language exchange partner is

who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference, i dont need those words

My learning goals

not limited in languages learning. my goal is to be tougher and stronger person, gain more experience of life, and explore so many abandoned islands

Quintin

Quintin

Cape Town

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Ideal language community partner

Friendly, open-minded, curious people who are open to discuss...

My learning goals

C1 en français | Español nivel conversación | Want to learn some Italian and Russian too.

My favorite topics

Clouds | Sunsets | Travel | Coffee | Wine | Music | Ice Cream | Sport | Languages | Cities | Personalities | Helping others develop themselves | Profound conversations

Xhasi

Xhasi

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

My learning goals

Speak fluently in any language i want to learn or maybe able...

My favorite topics

Coding, environmental issues, history, science (physics, quantum mechanics, mechatronics), social issues.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Are enthusiastic, love learning new things

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Russian speakers in Cape Town

Adriaan

Adriaan

Cape Town

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Russian

My favorite topics

Computer Programmer | Gamer | Crypto & Blockhain enthusiast |...

Perfect language exchange partner

I enjoy chatting with people. Getting to know others. Even if it is just helping people with English. LGBTQ+ friendly people️‍. I love learning about other cultures and ways of being oneself.

My learning goals

I want to improve my listening skills in my target languages that I’m learning. But mostly I just want to make some friends and have some great conversations with folks.

Azaad

Azaad

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Pashto

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Chechen

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

Females and males that speak Russian, Chechen, Spanish, Englis...

My learning goals

I want to learn how to speak Russian

My favorite topics

Food, Languages, Touring, hiking, cultures, history

Thandy

Thandy

Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Russian

My learning goals

To be able to communicate with other people who don't speak my...

My favorite topics

My hobbies are reading, dancing, listening to music. I'm passionate about dancing and always learning.

My language exchange partner is

Patient, nice and helpful

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Chelsey

Chelsey

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Xhosa

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Spanish

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German

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Korean

My favorite topics

K-dramas, books, everyday lif...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who understands that I can't be on my phone twenty four hours a day since I'm a busy university student. I like people who are not shy and are not afraid to correct my mistakes.

My learning goals

I want to become conversationally fluent in Korean by chatting with native speakers.

Paloma

Paloma

Cape Town

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Where are them curious and talkative folks?...

My learning goals

I'd like to improve my poor Spanish and I can also help you with Portuguese and English :) I'm an experienced teacher - 10 years!

My favorite topics

Music, languages and learning random stuff ^^

Melissa

Melissa

Cape Town

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English

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Thai

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French

My learning goals

English language education and learning about other cultures...

My favorite topics

English language, music, movies, media, linguistics, travel, and social economics. I am an ESL teacher with 5+ years of experience.

Perfect language exchange partner

Attentive, interested, proactive

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Bert

Bert

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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Russian

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Norwegian

My favorite topics

Science fiction, poetry, pets, cooking, writing, politics, musi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is curious, witty, enthusiastic but also don't take things too seriously

My learning goals

I'd really love to learn to understand and speak Russian, Norwegian or Spanish

Alex

Alex

Cape Town

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French

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Italian

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Turkish

My language exchange partner is

I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open...

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible!

My favorite topics

Travelling, Makeup, decoration, cooking, movies, TVShows,...

Núha

Núha

Cape Town

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Arabic

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English

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Korean

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Japanese

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Spanish

My learning goals

•Become intermediate in Spanish ...

My favorite topics

Series/shows/dramas/movies ,Languages , Music , Science

Ideal language community partner

A kind ,talkative person that would share my interests and communicate with me often

Simone

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Wonga Nangu

Wonga Nangu

Cape Town

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English

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Dutch

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French

My favorite topics

Travel, reading, spirituality, friendships, business, relationships,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kind, honest, open, fun, patient, interesting, friendly and loving

My learning goals

Speak new languages and meet new and exciting cultured people to grow my understanding of the world around me and to teach me about exploring different countries and travel destinations

Lisa

Lisa

Cape Town

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English

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Italian

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who likes to learn/teach a language and who's not interested...

My learning goals

Everything and anything :)

My favorite topics

Video games, Animes, Motorbikes, Harry Potter, ...

Ahmad

Ahmad

Cape Town

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English

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German

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Italian

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Learn new culture...

My favorite topics

Travel, sports, politics, food,culture,technology

I want a conversation partner who is

funny, expressive

Jarah

Jarah

Cape Town

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English

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German

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Dothraki

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Valyrian

My favorite topics

I'm a physics and maths student and a climate activist. I've...

My language exchange partner is

People who aren't too shy to have actual audio and video conversations. I can write German reasonably well. I need speaking practice. Leuten, die nicht zu schüchtern sind zu telefonieren. Ich muss mein Gesprochenes Deutsch üben.

My learning goals

I would like to improve my knowledge of German and learn phrases and expressions used by native speakers as well as help others with English. Meine Deutschkentnisse verbessern, neue redewendungen lernen und anderen mit Englisch helfen.

Benjamin

Benjamin

Cape Town

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English

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Portuguese

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Italian

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is friendly, talkative and willing to help me reach...

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in many languages so that I can talk to many people from around the world with ease!

My favorite topics

Culture, religion, life

Yash

Yash

Cape Town

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English

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Hindi

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Swiss German

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Afrikaans

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German

My learning goals

Ability to communicate in day to day lif...

My favorite topics

Traveling, Music, Movies, History, Entrepreneurship

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who not only helps me with the language but someone I can enjoy conversation with :)

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Arthur

Arthur

Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Tous types de sujets...

Perfect language exchange partner

Ouverte d'esprit, positif, Humble, Perfectionniste.

My learning goals

La Perfection.

Nomfundo

Nomfundo

Cape Town

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I want a conversation partner who is

Great sense of humour and welcomin...

My learning goals

Learning a wide range of languages

My favorite topics

Anything interesting

Unathi

Unathi

Cape Town

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English

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Zulu

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Korean

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My learning goals

improve my spoken mandarin, begin to learn basic korean and french...

My favorite topics

music, movies, photography, literature, art !

My language exchange partner is

just be friendly and chill, I’d like to make some friends, or at least close acquaintances lgbt welcome

Sindi

Sindi

Cape Town

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English

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Korean

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French

My favorite topics

Mostly music books and nature and food mostly food over books...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is funny open minded and knows knows how to have a deep conversation when needed too and have endless conversations about food

My learning goals

To be fluent in writing and speaking

Liyaaqat

Liyaaqat

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

...

My learning goals

Learn russian, arabic, lifestyle and islam in different countries

My favorite topics

Travelling , hiking, exploring new places and seeing different cultures. Engineer

Erik

Erik

Cape Town

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English

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Spanish

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Persian

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Turkish

My learning goals

improve my english and learn some other languages :...

My favorite topics

I love it to travel that’s why I prefer to talk about travel :) but i also like to talk about music, sport , art , philosophy and psychology :)

Perfect language exchange partner

doesn't matter! important is to meet people from all over the world and learn some basics from all languages :)

Albertina

Albertina

Cape Town

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My favorite topics

Sewing, animation, art, DnD, animals, books etc....

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who likes all sorts of topics and enjoys discovering new things, places and people.

My learning goals

To fluently read, write and speak the language of my choice.

Keanin

Keanin

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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Xhosa

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German

My language exchange partner is

A friendly and talkative person. A person that share most of...

My learning goals

I want to be at an beginner to intermediate level in Dutch at the end of 2019!

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about sports, Physics (astronomy mostly) and Computer Science.

Cameron

Cameron

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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My learning goals

I want to be able to learn the basics of Mandarin...

My favorite topics

Music, Eastern Philosophy, Fitness

Ideal language community partner

Someone who has a good sense of humor and is enjoyable to learn from.

Mitchell

Mitchell

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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Icelandic

My favorite topics

I’m pretty much interested in everything, except sports (gross,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted.

My learning goals

I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian. I am mostly-focused on French now (for university).

vindy

vindy

Cape Town

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Emoji

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Spanish

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

People who travels a lot, speaks fluent English or Spanish...

My learning goals

Fluent my english and improve Spanish.

My favorite topics

#Native Chinese #English teacher #Traveller #Foodie

Brandon

Brandon

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Italian

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Spanish

My learning goals

Expressiveness. Pronunciation. Fluency...

My favorite topics

Life. Spirituality. Love.

I want a conversation partner who is

Everybody has there own uniqueness.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Cape Town, South Africa?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 172 Russian speakers in Cape Town looking to learn Russian 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 Russian language exchange in Cape Town?

In Cape Town there are 172 members ready to have a Russian language exchange.

Are there other locations in South Africa other than Cape Town where I can find a Russian language exchange partner?

You can also find a Russian Tandem partner in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Sandton.

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 172 of them coming from Cape Town.


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