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Learn Japanese in San Francisco

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My favorite topics

taking a long walk on the beach...

My language exchange partner is

Chinese culture, history and cuisine.

My learning goals

Language exchange

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Ideal language community partner

Anybody how likes Hawaii pizza...

My learning goals

Understand people who don’t like Hawaii pizza

My favorite topics

Science, philosophy, books, art, photography.

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My learning goals

Connect and communcate better with native speaker...

My favorite topics

Music, art, traveling, working out, computer programming, technology, hiking, and so much more!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Curious, friendly, motivated.

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My favorite topics

Travels, sports(tennis, soccer, swimming, snowboard, triathlon),...

Perfect language exchange partner

Any Spanish, French, English learner and native from China, Taiwan, Japan or Italy!

My learning goals

I wanna be a Chinese character master!

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Japanese speakers in San Francisco

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Willing to help me 한국어의 발음을 고쳐 주실 ...

My learning goals

Hello, I'm going to make an Korean speech soon. I want to correct my pronunciation. Who can help me? 한국어에서 연설을 하 고 싶다, 그러나 누구가 한국어의 발음을 쓰고 있습니까?

My favorite topics

cryptocurrency, Global travel

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My learning goals

Find a friend I can talk t...

My favorite topics

Photography and travel! I’m a foodie so food is my life! Japanese animo is also my favorite

My language exchange partner is

As funny as me :D I can tell u anything about Chinese culture! (most of time)

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My favorite topics

Culture, food, language, linguistic...

Ideal language community partner

Fun, easy going, not too serious, laid back

My learning goals

Conversational fluency in multiple languages.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Cualquier persona que le gusten los idioma...

My learning goals

Quiero aprender mucho vocabulario

My favorite topics

Politica, cultura, historia

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My learning goals

My goal is to be of help in terms of acquiring more language...

My favorite topics

Love meeting people across the world and learning their language

Perfect language exchange partner

Ladies

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Travels, music, cycling, languages and photography ....

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My learning goals

Hi y’all! I enjoy to practice my English, French and Spanish. I would love to learn Korean.

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My language exchange partner is

Kind Improve language skills each othe...

My learning goals

Making correct sentences Good pronounce

My favorite topics

Business Daily life / eat and drink How to study languages

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My learning goals

I want to become able to talk like a native speaker...

My favorite topics

Fashion, foods, movies and snowboard.

Ideal language community partner

The person who likes Japan and speaks English.

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Join a global community

Value Learn

Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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My favorite topics

互联网,教育,语言学习等...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

很热心,有耐心,能够成为好朋友

My learning goals

使我想学的语言有一个学习的雏形,并且交一些好朋友

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Academic Professional Intelectual Lively Engaged Activ...

My learning goals

High fluency to be able to live and work in a competitive environment in the country where the language originates

My favorite topics

History Cities Urbanism & Architecture Investments Travel

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My learning goals

Be proficient in understanding and speaking Spanis...

My favorite topics

Culture and customs, languages, religion and technology

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who shares similar interests or is curious and open minded. I travel a lot and enjoy giving and receiving travel tips.

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My favorite topics

#travel #technology #video #fil...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who likes travel video and travel documentary

My learning goals

discussion with friends deeply. Storytelling in my video.

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who can help me improve my language skills...

My learning goals

To be better at mandarin, be able to understand my friends and just know more languages.

My favorite topics

Anything goes, literally up to talk about anything.

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My learning goals

By the end of October2018, I would be able to have a daily conversation...

My favorite topics

Culture Food Lifestyle Travel

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anybody who’s open-minded

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My favorite topics

Rugby, baseball, football, golf, hiking, food & drinkin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who can kindly help me studying English, or someone who wants language exchange partners

My learning goals

Talk with you guys with no barriers of language

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I wanna talk by English and Japanese. Because my English is not...

My learning goals

I want to be able to take daily conversation fluently.

My favorite topics

Sports Movie Hobby Food Shopping Another country culture

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My learning goals

日常会話が話せる程度に上達したい...

My favorite topics

日常会話ができるようになりたいです。

My language exchange partner is

私はサンフランシスコに住んでいます。アメリカにお住いの方に色々教えてもらいたいです。

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Food, travel, current events, every day lif...

Ideal language community partner

Cheerful, friendly, chit chatty

My learning goals

Practice, and make friends.. I would like to chat about daily life, and improve fluency when I travel and be able to chat about various topics

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

I enjoy making new friends and talking with everyone but I highly...

My learning goals

I’m learning Mandarin, French, Japanese and Korean. And I’m happy to chat in any of those languages and of course English/ Vietnamese

My favorite topics

Learning languages, traveling, rock climbing, aerial hoops, cooking, reading, yoga. Insta: aerial.olivia

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My learning goals

Conversation in a group of native speakers....

My favorite topics

Whatever is fine. I like traveling, food, and culture.

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly.

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Travel, anime, video game...

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Someone willing to help correct and review what I say and type. Willing to get feedback even if corrections

My learning goals

Pass the Japanese National Language exam

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English speaker...

My learning goals

I would like to improve my English communication skill. I am preparing USMLE step 2cs. I need to brush up my conversation technique.

My favorite topics

Running, music

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My learning goals

We Share how to create a great culture that people feel. we learn...

My favorite topics

Languages are food of the soul.I enjoy opposites, I love silence and noise, adore the night and wait for the sun, socialize the return to my shell, born in winter yet dwell in summers. I’m a complex mind looking for simplicity.Books , coffee ☕️ playas

Ideal language community partner

I love the people who're willing to listen, learn, and share new things, such as languages, books, leadership, and a great moment in life. Also, I'm really into people that willing to learn, help, and not judge. If you are , let’s chat! .hit me up

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I can speak English little bit. アニメ 映画 小説 カルチャー 旅行 everything,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

友好的でフレンドリーで会話が好きな人 the person who is so friendly and likes to talk.

My learning goals

他の言語を話せる様になりたい 友達を作りたい I wanna be able to speak another language and I want to be a friend with the other countries people.

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is interested in Japanese culture, design or anime,...

My learning goals

I've been living in the U.S. for three years and am working as a designer but I'm still learning English and think that never stop. I want to speak English fluently and reduce grammar mistakes.

My favorite topics

Design, Anime, Gaming, Netflix, Travel, Japanese foods, Cooking, Tea

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Learn some basic Spanish and Portugues...

My favorite topics

From San Francisco but visiting London for work

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Responsive, smart

Looking for an online language exchange partner in San Francisco, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 524 Japanese speakers in San Francisco looking to learn Japanese 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 Japanese language exchange in San Francisco?

In San Francisco there are 524 members ready to have a Japanese language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than San Francisco where I can find a Japanese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/bloomington />Bloomington, <a href=/learn/japanese/oakland />Oakland, and <a href=/learn/japanese/chapel-hill />Chapel Hill.

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 524 of them coming from San Francisco.