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Luca

Luca

Berkeley

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Italian

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Spanish

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Business, news, sport, world's big things, new culture...

My language exchange partner is

Fun, polite, international,

My learning goals

Improving conversation and getting new friends

Angel

Angel

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

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Swedish

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German

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American Sign Language

Ideal language community partner

I'm willing to talk with anyone! But I would much prefer to talk...

My learning goals

I want to improve as much as I can, and hopefully make a friend.

My favorite topics

I really like languages, and in particular I like helping people with pronunciation (I've studied Phonetics), but I also just like seeing people improve. I really like Snowboarding, Science (I used to be a tutor), and Fighting Games. I'm bilingual.

aimed

aimed

Berkeley

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French

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Berber

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English

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Spanish

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German

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

My goal Is to master 7 language. Actually I’m mastering 4. I...

My favorite topics

The most topic I like to discuss about it is history

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who likes to history geography literature and traveling

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Camilo Marin

Berkeley

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English

My favorite topics

Sobre lugares, ciudades, historias, cultura,deporte me general...

Perfect language exchange partner

Pensaría alguien que me tuviera un poco de paciencia , alegre y con muy buena actitud.

My learning goals

Intentar defenderme en cualquier situación .

Alden

Alden

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

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German

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Italian

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is able to balance having fun and engaging conversations...

My learning goals

My top priority now is to learn a little bit of conversational Italian before my trip to Rome in late July. Longer term, I am also interested in learning German as well.

My favorite topics

Food, nature, travel, current world events, and politics. Generally, I enjoy meeting interesting people and learning about other cultures.

Dennis

Dennis

Berkeley

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French

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Japanese

My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing traveling, politics, history, pop culture, and food.

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is easy to talk to

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Qi

Qi

Berkeley

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Spanish

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Russian

My favorite topics

travel, daily staff, music, news, et...

Ideal language community partner

Nice, educated, open to talk tons of topics.

My learning goals

English is for living and work. Other languages are maybe sometimes for travel, and new friends.

Brian

Brian

Berkeley

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English

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Hindi

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Punjabi

Ideal conversation exchange partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸ...

My learning goals

improve conversation, poetry a plus

My favorite topics

religion, social justice, math and science

Shadman

Shadman

Berkeley

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

To be able to speak naturally in different languages and come...

My favorite topics

Sports, culture, music, philosphy, or anything for that matter. Like deeper conversations that enrich my understanding for life.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is willing to be accomodating to varying levels in speaking and understanding and who may know more than 2 languages so they know the difficulty of picking up new languages

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David

David

Berkeley

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Shanghainese

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English

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Lao

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Thai

My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone!

My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS!

Barune

Barune

Berkeley

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Nepali

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French

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My language exchange partner is

Someone friendly and observational who needs to practice English...

My learning goals

I hope to be able to get more in tune with the day-to-day ways that people speak in Madrid before going there for an internship this summer.

My favorite topics

I like to talk about the environment and global health, differences and similarities between different parts of the world, and learn about other people’s lives.

Sarah

Sarah

Berkeley

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

Improving my gramma...

My favorite topics

Art, music, books, film, philosophy, linguistics, languages

Ideal language community partner

Anyone into sharing rad music/art/etc!

Aria

Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.

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"​​I've been using this app for years! Before Tandem, I could barely even string a sentence together in French and now I can speak it without even thinking!"

YUTING

YUTING

Berkeley

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

My favorite topics

Everything...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me

My learning goals

Improving my spoken English

Juliette

Juliette

Berkeley

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French

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English

Perfect language exchange partner

⛵️⛰⛺...

My learning goals

My favorite topics

Voyage aventure bateaux musiques art sport photographies

Sanjeev

Sanjeev

Berkeley

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English

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Hindi

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Marathi

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Korean

My learning goals

Gain fluency, learn about culture and differences...

My favorite topics

I like to discuss culture, trivia, movies.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone interested in everything!

Kevin

Kevin

Berkeley

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English

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Cantonese

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Thai

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship...

My language exchange partner is

Like-minded entrepreneur who loves traveling, learning and exploring the tech world.

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one year

Mohamed

Mohamed

Berkeley

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Arabic

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English

Ideal language community partner

Someone who wants to learn with m...

My learning goals

I want to improve my English,and help others with Arabic

My favorite topics

Movies and cultures and traveling

yajing

yajing

Berkeley

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Traditional)

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semeste...

My favorite topics

reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel comics(esp. one piece), sports(esp. shuttlecork, badminton, volleyball, long run) わたしは(労)ろうです。

Ideal conversation exchange partner

kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nice

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David

David

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Culture, family, hobbies, movies, TV, travel, book...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is passionate about learning and sharing language knowledge; someone who is patient with the many mistakes I’ll be making; someone who loves to ask questions

My learning goals

Greater speaking confidence, help with using vocabulary appropriately, improved vocabulary, cultural exchange

Woojin

Woojin

Berkeley

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Korean

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English

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

Kin...

My learning goals

To improve my language skills

My favorite topics

Game, food, Diet

Elisangela

Elisangela

Berkeley

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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My learning goals

Improve my English...

My favorite topics

Viagens,música, arte, comida, psicanálise

My language exchange partner is

Abertas para o mundo.

Sharmesh

Sharmesh

Berkeley

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Tamil

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Malayalam

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English

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German

My favorite topics

About anything, food , hobbies ,life culture , love , fun , party...

Ideal language community partner

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and easy going ,chatter box :D

My learning goals

To develop speaking in German .. To learn some diff German words and to correct my grammatical errors !!

易庭

易庭

Berkeley

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Chinese (Simplified)

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German

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English

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is good to chat with☺...

My learning goals

Pass test/Study aboard/Make friends around the world

My favorite topics

swimming/music/travel/✍️writing/Watch series (of American, Korean, China, Japan...

Troy

Troy

Berkeley

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English

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Thai

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Thai: I want to learn more language, learn about cultural norms,...

My favorite topics

History Technology and science Global Politics Anime DIY Looks like I’m getting famous on here for my love of Thai songs and culture. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I just love Isaan songs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Perfect language exchange partner

You!

Hallie

Hallie

Berkeley

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Spanish

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Norwegian

My favorite topics

philosophy, feminism, books, movies, tv shows, politic...

I want a conversation partner who is

a good listener/compassionate and supportive person who also wants to learn

My learning goals

I want to practice speaking, improve my grammar and understanding of how to formulate sentences

mei

mei

Berkeley

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

Delicated. Consistent. Inspirin...

My learning goals

Japanese: advanced speaker

My favorite topics

No romance please. I am looking for serious language exchange partner. 真面目な方と一緒に勉強したい

Diana

Diana

Berkeley

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Russian

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English

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Kazakh

My learning goals

I want to improve my Kazakh to the point where I am able to have...

My favorite topics

Technology, visual design, traditional Kazakh music, learning languages, Hawaii, surfing, entrepreneurship, photography, digital nomadism

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who's into talking and learning a different language, which should cover everyone here

Денис

Денис

Berkeley

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Russian

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English

My favorite topics

Lifestyle, politics, movies, travelling, cultural life, food,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Any people which live in English speaken countries:)

My learning goals

To increase my level of conversational English

Danniel

Danniel

Berkeley

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendl...

My learning goals

Learning as much as i can!

My favorite topics

Anything

Grace

Grace

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluentl...

My favorite topics

Food, hobbies, animals, tv shows

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to have fun conversations and learn

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 88 Spanish speakers in Berkeley looking to learn Spanish 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 Spanish language exchange in Berkeley?

In Berkeley there are 88 members ready to have a Spanish language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Berkeley where I can find a Spanish language exchange partner?

You can also find a Spanish Tandem partner in Piscataway Township, Buffalo, and Roseville.

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 88 of them coming from Berkeley.