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Bowei

Bowei

Philadelphia

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Japanese

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French

My favorite topics

Feminism, intercultural topics, yoga, gardening, environmental...

My language exchange partner is

Anyone with an international background, and open minded. I also speaks mandarin and Shanghainese

My learning goals

Become fluent in Japanese colloquially

Jesse

Jesse

Philadelphia

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Ideal language community partner

Someone can speak native language frequently and know some histories...

My learning goals

Know more other languages and become more frequent.

My favorite topics

Learning.life style. Cultural difference.food. Sports.travelling.video game.

Matthew

Matthew

Philadelphia

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Arabic

My learning goals

Have full conversations in a foreign language that are not just...

My favorite topics

LGBT rights, language learning (duh!), literature, film, Latin America, the Middle East, refugee rights, food, travel

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone open minded, out going, friendly, adventurous

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Hunt

Hunt

Philadelphia

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Emoji

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English

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French

My favorite topics

I love movies and TV shows...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who wants to talk to me.

My learning goals

Have fun.

Domo

Domo

Philadelphia

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I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly person who likes to laug...

My learning goals

I would like to work on listening comprehension and speaking.

My favorite topics

I like to talk about culture, language, and travel

Jae-hoon

Jae-hoon

Philadelphia

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Korean

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Japanese

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My learning goals

I would like to socialize and learn foreign language...

My favorite topics

I like soccer (arsenal), starcraft, civilization, kendrick Lamar, etc

My language exchange partner is

I would like to learn Spanish and some other foreign languages

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Carmen

Carmen

Philadelphia

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French

My favorite topics

cats, movies, rugby, books, social justice, tv......I’ll chat...

Ideal language community partner

Someone fairly responsive? ‍♀️

My learning goals

I want to stop looking up so many words

Adam

Adam

Philadelphia

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Educated cultured interested passionate people, open minded and...

My learning goals

Greater fluency and vocabulary mastery

My favorite topics

Food Music Culture, philosophy, the good life, the meaning of the good life

Andrew

Andrew

Philadelphia

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Polish

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Bosnian

My learning goals

At the end of the day I just want to be able to have conversations...

My favorite topics

Movies, politics, culture, fitness

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who likes to learn about the world, share knowledge about their country/language, and are open minded.

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Ty

Ty

Philadelphia

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French

My favorite topics

Photography INSTAGRAM: thekidfromnorthphilly , Anime ,Cooking...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who's open enough to talk freely about anything with me

My learning goals

Making new friends while learning a new language

Dara

Dara

Philadelphia

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Portuguese

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Italian

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German

My language exchange partner is

Nice people who like have a good conversation about everything,...

My learning goals

Improve my English

My favorite topics

Read a books. Practice Yoga. Sports, Travel, explore nature, ‍ cook

Tony

Tony

Philadelphia

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to have fun (which generally for me means getting to a...

My favorite topics

I’m really interested in linguistics and constructed languages. I also love reading and talking about books (I tend to read fantasy and memoirs). Besides that, I’m running a Dungeons and Dragons campaign I’m excited about! :D

Ideal language community partner

Queer-friendly, willing to talk about our interests, not judgmental about language errors (& perhaps would be down to be pen pals via snail mail?)

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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Kathryn

Kathryn

Philadelphia

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Italian

My favorite topics

Books, music, movies, trivia, pop cultur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone with a good sense of humor that I can easily chat with and is willing to learn as much about me as I am willing to learn about them

My learning goals

Understand the meaning/context of Spanish conversation besides typing proper grammar and vocabulary; would also like to learn more about Hispanic culture of person I'm speaking with. German, Italian, and Portuguese speakers can also chat with me.

William Alejandro

William Alejandro

Philadelphia

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Perfect language exchange partner

Paciente, alegre, divertida...

My learning goals

Tener más fluidez en los idiomas

My favorite topics

Cine, deporte, lectura, aventuras

Asaf

Asaf

Philadelphia

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English

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French

My learning goals

My ultimate goal is to be able to speak French at a high-intermediate...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing movies/TV shows, politics, random biochemistry topics, and my (slightly geriatric) dog, Toto

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who I’m able to casually chat with, and who isn’t afraid to correct my mistakes

PJ

PJ

Philadelphia

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My favorite topics

Language learning, acting, anything about sleep or food, anddd...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is really nice like me, very outgoing not afraid to be weird, and keeps up with the conversation. OH and they have to be my age or +1.

My learning goals

I don't have a specific goal. I just want to make foreign friends and find my foreign best friend too. If I improve my target language on this app, then everything is good in the hood. But I think that was a goal I don't know.

Hezi

Hezi

Philadelphia

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Thai

Ideal language community partner

A person who knows how to enjoy life, relax, loves teaching,...

My learning goals

Greater language fluency, to help others, and to make friends

My favorite topics

Family, dancing, yoga, culture, love and relationships, food, sports, spirituality, nature, language learning, travel, life

Shaipreeah

Shaipreeah

Philadelphia

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French

My learning goals

I want to learn other languages to connect with others in a deeper...

My favorite topics

I love all forms of art and expression really? Mostly in art but I've recently got into photography. I play video games and I love music, come learn with me! Lets talk and try to figure language learning out together I'm just here to vibe with you

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Casual talks, share stories about our day, anything really lets just talk

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Daja

Daja

Philadelphia

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My favorite topics

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Perfect language exchange partner

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My learning goals

learn more wordsbecome fluentperfect pronunciation

Many

Many

Philadelphia

Fluent

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English

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Finnish

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Latin

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who can help me find texts to translate, especially ones...

My learning goals

I want to improve my reading abilities.

My favorite topics

Music, folk lore, fairy tales, nature, literature

Amelia

Amelia

Philadelphia

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English

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Japanese

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Swahili

My learning goals

I would like to get better in Japanese and Hebrew ,as well as...

My favorite topics

Art, animals, culture, travel, life.

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is kind and teaches me about their culture.

Jenni

Jenni

Philadelphia

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English

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Irish

My favorite topics

Pop culture, current events, the art...

Ideal language community partner

Someone patient because I have a difficult time learning to write and speak a new language.

My learning goals

Gain some degree of fluency in a language.

Lena

Lena

Philadelphia

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Indonesian

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Let's speak english and bahas...

My learning goals

Good in English and Mandarin

My favorite topics

Watch movie ,try new food lol , photography , design graphic , travelling , watch korean drama a lot ha ha

Michael

Michael

Philadelphia

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Tamil

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Hindi

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Korean

My learning goals

Pen pals and friends in Kakaotal...

My favorite topics

Memes, learning languages

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who likes to text!

Avery

Avery

Philadelphia

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Cantonese

My favorite topics

音乐 书籍 电影 艺术 小说 摄影 绘画 建筑 旅...

I want a conversation partner who is

能够照顾彼此的感受 有很多共同话题 热爱并愿意与彼此分享生活

My learning goals

流利沟通表达 和native speakers交流

Ambar

Ambar

Philadelphia

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English

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Italian

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French

My language exchange partner is

Don’t really have a “perfect” partner in mind. Maybe someone...

My learning goals

To at least be able to learn the basic communication skills

My favorite topics

I love talking about art and other types of hobbies out in the world. (ex. Music, writing, and reading.)

yanting

yanting

Philadelphia

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Cantonese

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French

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Japanese

My learning goals

Native Chinese mandarin speaker. However, I’ve live in the United...

My favorite topics

Love dog, music, northern Chinese skewer. New technology.

Ideal language community partner

A person who is humor, easygoing and nice.

Riley

Riley

Philadelphia

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

•Law ▪Learning new languages •Photography ▪Music •Travelling...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone! I'm almost always online and here to talk whenever you are! Message me!

My learning goals

Learn Korean Make friends

Daisuke

Daisuke

Philadelphia

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English

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Japanese

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Romanian

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Irish

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone consistent, realistic, and has a sense of humor...

My learning goals

Surpass a secondary proficiency level.

My favorite topics

Illustration, Videogaming, Zoology

Pat

Pat

Philadelphia

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Russian

My learning goals

Develop research and analytical skill...

My favorite topics

Everyday life

I want a conversation partner who is

Respectful and independent

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Philadelphia?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 256 speakers in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?

There are 256 members in Philadelphia on Tandem.

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

Tandem is also available in locations such as Bloomington, Mission Viejo, and Minneapolis.

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 256 do it in Philadelphia.