Learn fast.
Speak anywhere.
Connect everywhere.
Learn the 50 phrases real conversations are made of, drill them until they stick, then use them on an AI that talks back. That's it. That's the app.
$49 launch price. German live now · French and Spanish next
the problem
Most apps teach you about a language. They're built to keep you tapping, not talking.
Confidence isn't fluency. It's the first rung: you can say hello, ask for things, and hold a simple conversation without freezing. That's days of work, not years — if you learn the right things first.
the method
Every language opens with 50 phrases that cover over 75% of your first conversations. Learn them and you're talking on day one — badly and happily, which is exactly how it starts.
Grammar comes later, once you've got something to hang it on. This is how I learned five languages.
what's inside
Your 50 starters, written for the language — not translated from a template.
Hear it, say it back, get told how close you got. The bit every other app skips.
Five minutes a day. The shaky stuff comes back more often, the solid stuff backs off.
Practise any hour. It never sighs at you or switches to English to be helpful.
the roadmap
Twelve languages this year, all included. Buy now and every one lands in your account as it opens — no upgrade, no extra payment.
the price
No subscription. I'm not renting you your own vocabulary.
Lifetime · all 12 languages
who's behind it
Me and Ellen. We each speak four or five languages to A1 — enough to order, ask, joke and get by. Not fluent. Just not stuck.
79 countries
and every one of them was better for knowing a few phrases. That's why I built Lingo.
Going on vacation. Moving somewhere new. Or just a nerd like us who thinks getting by in a lot of languages is cool. Whichever one you are — the Magic Phrases will get you there.
us, being nerds about it
already speak German?
Ellen is my girlfriend and a real German teacher. Through Confident German she runs live conversation classes — private or small group. All speaking, no grammar drills, no homework you won't do.
teachers
Twelve languages are landing this year and each one needs someone who actually speaks it. If that's you, get in touch and see if we're looking for yours.
Get in touch →Start German today. Pick up the rest as they land.
Get Lingo — $49 lifetime →