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Learn French in Cape Town

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Alex

Alex

Cape Town

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French

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German

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Italian

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Turkish

My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open minded (and I’m not looking for someone to flirt with lol just in case) ☺️

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible!

Leo

Leo

Cape Town

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Southern Sotho

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Xhosa

Ideal language community partner

Cette personne aime le bon vin et sortir de chez lu...

My learning goals

Parfaire mon allemand et sotho

My favorite topics

Je n'ai pas de sujet préféré, j'adore parler de tout !

Arthur

Arthur

Cape Town

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Akan

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French

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Emoji

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Chinese (Traditional)

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

La Perfection...

My favorite topics

Tous types de sujets.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Ouverte d'esprit, positif, Humble, Perfectionniste.

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Find more than

172

French speakers in Cape Town

Quintin

Quintin

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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Emoji

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French

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Italian

My favorite topics

Clouds | Sunsets | Travel | Coffee | Wine | Music | Ice Cream...

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, open-minded, curious people who are open to discuss different topics. I love helping others to learn languages I speak. Let's chat!

My learning goals

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

Jacques

Jacques

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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French

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Greek

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone willing to have a conversation and teach...

My learning goals

Improve my language skills.

My favorite topics

History. Languages. Travelling. Religion. Nature.

Albertina

Albertina

Cape Town

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English

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Dutch

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Afrikaans

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French

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Japanese

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International Sign Language

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

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

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Keran

Keran

Cape Town

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Arabic

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Xhosa

My favorite topics

Travel, politic, society, music...

Ideal language community partner

I'm opdm

My learning goals

Apprendre l'espagnole

Daniel

Daniel

Cape Town

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French

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English

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Portuguese

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded, willing to help me improve my Portuguese, willing...

My learning goals

I would like to hold a normal casual easy conversation in Portuguese

My favorite topics

Politics, music, art, technology, a bit of spirituality, anything interesting really

Xhasi

Xhasi

Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Afrikaans

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Southern Sotho

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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.

Perfect language exchange partner

Are enthusiastic, love learning new things

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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

Wonga Nangu

Wonga Nangu

Cape Town

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Dutch

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French

My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

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

Mitchell

Mitchell

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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French

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Icelandic

My language exchange partner is

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).

My favorite topics

I’m pretty much interested in everything, except sports (gross, no offense). I like art & I like learning about languages and how it affects the way people perceive things in life. I also love films! (especially if it was directed by Aronofsky or Nolan).

Dan

Dan

Cape Town

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English

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Emoji

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French

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Dutch

My learning goals

Speak a new language, experience other cultures, become fluent...

My favorite topics

You speak what I want to learn, I speak what you want to learn, so let’s speak and learn

Ideal language community partner

Funny, interested (and interesting ), and wants to help me because I’d love to help you!

Mateo

Mateo uses Tandem to find travel buddies in Europe.

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

Mara

Mara

Cape Town

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

I like to apply what I know, share it and learn something new...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anybody who wants to share their amazing story.

My learning goals

Reach C1 - effective operational proficiency in Spanish and French (Common European Framework for Languages) in simple words improve my Spanish and French to a proficient level or close to.

Benjamin

Benjamin

Cape Town

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Portuguese

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Italian

Perfect language exchange 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

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 learning goals

I want to become conversationally fluent in Korean by chatting...

My favorite topics

K-dramas, books, everyday life

I want a conversation partner who is

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.

Thandy

Thandy

Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Spanish

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Russian

My favorite topics

My hobbies are reading, dancing, listening to music. I'm passionate...

My language exchange partner is

Patient, nice and helpful

My learning goals

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

Laurie

Laurie

Cape Town

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

I want to meet nice and funny people!...

My learning goals

I want to learn new languages and to meet people.

My favorite topics

WHATEVER

Danielle

Danielle

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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French

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German

My learning goals

I wish to be able to have a conversation without many faults....

My favorite topics

Culture , food , books , movies , art and a few other things including cats.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone that's enthusiastic about learning a new language I suppose! Anyone is welcome though.

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Cameron

Cameron

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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Chinese (Traditional)

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French

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German

My favorite topics

Music, Eastern Philosophy, Fitnes...

Perfect language exchange partner

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

My learning goals

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

Paloma

Paloma

Cape Town

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Spanish

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I want a conversation partner who is

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 ^^

Kal

Kal

Cape Town

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My learning goals

Englis...

My favorite topics

about life ,i mean about all things

My language exchange partner is

i don't not yet

Nomfundo

Nomfundo

Cape Town

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South Ndebele

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English

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Zulu

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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My favorite topics

Anything interestin...

Ideal language community partner

Great sense of humour and welcoming

My learning goals

Learning a wide range of languages

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

Ideal conversation 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

Lisa

Lisa

Cape Town

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German

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English

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My learning goals

Everything and anything :...

My favorite topics

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

Perfect language exchange partner

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

Aadam

Aadam

Cape Town

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English

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Arabic

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Dutch

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Italian

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French

My favorite topics

Cricket,skateboarding,archery,horse back archery and many outdoor...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone

My learning goals

Would love to learn the basics of lotsa languages

Sindi

Sindi

Cape Town

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English

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Korean

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Spanish

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French

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is funny open minded and knows knows how to have...

My learning goals

To be fluent in writing and speaking

My favorite topics

Mostly music books and nature and food mostly food over books

Melissa

Melissa

Cape Town

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English

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Thai

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Spanish

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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.

Ideal language community partner

Attentive, interested, proactive

Adriaan

Adriaan

Cape Town

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English

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My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation 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.

M i l o

M i l o

Cape Town

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English

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Romanian

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Spanish

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Turkish

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Czech

Perfect language exchange partner

who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference,...

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

My favorite topics

culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i live for traveling. i move to different countries and continents in every week. next on my list for this summer:

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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French

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

music, movies, photography, literature, art !

I want a conversation partner who is

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

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 French speakers in Cape Town looking to learn French 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 French language exchange in Cape Town?

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

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

You can also find a French Tandem partner in Vereeniging, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein.

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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