ilmli
from Arabic علم (ilm, "knowledge") + Turkish -li — "with knowledge; learned."
- 1.to learn a language by simply talking to it — a few lines a day, in a messenger you already use.
- 2.(proper noun) an agentic tutor that knows where you are, pings you on your schedule, and slips new words into every reply.
Native bread, foreign filling.
Your tutor starts each sentence in your native language, slips one or two target-language words in the middle — with a small gloss — and closes in your native again.
As your pace quickens, the bread thins. Foreign words carry more weight, glosses fade, and one morning you realize the whole sandwich came out in the target language — and you understood it.
Yesterday I had Feierabend (cozy end-of-workday) on the sofa with coffee.
Gestern war mein Feierabend mit Kaffee on the sofa.
Gestern hatte ich Feierabend auf dem Sofa mit Kaffee.
— and you didn't think twice.
No flashcards. No drills. No streak you can break by living your life.
Quiet by default. Loud only when it matters.
No streaks, no nags, no flame counters. Your tutor pings when you're awake, answers with your real numbers, slips new words in where you'll meet them, and stays out of the way when you don't.
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It pings you first.
Tutor messages when you're awake, in your preferred language. Reply when you can; silence is fine. No app to open.
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It notices you.
Real answers about your real numbers. Follow-ups when you'd half-forgotten the word. A Sunday note on the week you didn't realise you'd had.
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Voice notes both ways.
Type a line, send a voice memo, get one back. Native-speaker TTS, pacing matched to your level.
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A photo becomes a lesson.
Snap a menu, a sign, your dinner — your tutor names what it sees and teaches you the word on the spot.
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Words come back before you forget them.
Spaced repetition (Anki-style) folded quietly into tomorrow's chat. No flashcards. No quizzes.
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Numbers, only if you ask.
Vocabulary, mastery, CEFR climb — every detail tracked. Invisible by default, yours on demand.
Pick a personality you'd actually speak to.
Six distinct personalities. Same curriculum, different mood. Switch anytime — your progress follows you.
Simple tiers. No surprises.
A turn = one message you send + one reply. Turns reset every day; voice notes pool monthly so you can binge on a Saturday and chat on Tuesday. Cancel anytime, one click, 14-day refund on paid plans.
- 1 language
- 10 turns / day
- All six personas
- Text only — no voice
- 1 language
- 50 turns / day
- 60 voice notes / month
- All six personas
- Full dashboard + CEFR auto-advance
- Spaced repetition vocabulary
- Up to 3 languages
- 100 turns / day
- 120 voice notes / month
- Everything in Daily
A "voice note" is a TTS reply your tutor can speak, or a transcribed voice memo from you — counts as both a turn and a voice credit. Each clip caps at 30 seconds (short bursts are how people actually learn). Hit your daily turn cap and the bot pauses until tomorrow; hit your monthly voice cap and it falls back to text until the cycle rolls.
The questions we actually get.
Which languages?
German is live today. Spanish and French ship next. Italian, Portuguese, and Polish are on deck. If you want one we don't have, reply to any email — we keep a list.
Will this work if I'm a complete beginner?
Yes. We start in your native language, slip target-language words in one at a time, and within a week you're reading half-and-half. Within a month, mostly target. The tutor calibrates to you, not the other way around.
WhatsApp instead of Telegram?
Soon — WhatsApp Business API has constraints we're working around. Telegram first because it lets us be ourselves: voice notes, formatting, no bot-shaped jail.
What about privacy?
Your messages are yours. We don't train models on them, we don't sell anything, and you can export your whole vocabulary as a CSV any time. The legalese version lives on /privacy and is, for once, readable.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes. One click. No "are you sure" with five sub-screens. Your vocabulary stays in your account; come back any time and pick up.
What if I'm bad at this?
Then we'll be bad at this together. The tutor never says "wrong" — they say it back the right way. After a week of saying it back, you'll start saying it right yourself. That's the whole trick.
Something we missed? hello@ilmli.ai — a real person reads everything.