well, You can send him your chat account and chat together. here most of people have Skype or Msn! you gotta have both of them too

hi，maybe we can talk to each other with our own language......

the peolpe whose chat is on will appear in the people chat box at the end of the italki page choose the friend you want to chat with, left click on the name, then the chat box will appear to u and u start writing. i do this and it works. hey your friends only will appear to u not all members in italki

sent a message to him.and it's should be with,not whit :)