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Icelandic teacher.


LAUNCHING IN 2024

DEMONSTRATION IN PROGRESS
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Real conversations (with fake people).

That inevitable language learning phase where you sound like a 3-year-old for a few months? You no longer have to go through that in front of real, scary people. TVÍK has got you covered.

  • When will TVÍK be available?

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    We are starting a pre-sale round with the first month of lessons in September 2024 and will announce it on our mailing list. The full app will launch later in the year.

  • Is TVÍK for everyone?

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    TVÍK is ideal for those who have attempted learning Icelandic but are stuck between vocabulary-heavy apps and grammar-focused classes. If you're entirely new to the language, the learning curve will undoubtedly be steeper, but don't worry——TVÍK is equipped with every tool you'll need along the way. We also hope you're quite comfortable reading English.

  • Can I buy TVÍK for my employees?

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    Yes! Get in touch via email or +354 7645707.

  • What is the story of TVÍK?

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    After months of struggling to piece together a single sentence in Icelandic, even with a decent grasp of the vocabulary, Gamithra found herself thrown into the deep end of the pool working on a remote sheep farm in North Iceland where she had no chance other than to make all the mistakes she needed to gather the courage to speak to real humans. She daydreamed of combining her background in coding with the idea of throwing people in imaginary sheep farms, and in 2022, this vision won her Gulleggið, the largest idea competition in Iceland. The project has been in development since, fueled by grants from Rannís, Fræðslusjóður and Atvinnumál kvenna.

Humans of TVÍK

TVÍK is not built by Icelanders. TVÍK is built by people that learned Icelandic through blood, sweat and sheep s%@t to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

FOUNDER

Gamithra Marga
NAMEDOES WHAT

unclear, sits and drinks coffee? no one knows

FAVOURITE TECHNOLOGYdishwashers, Windows XP and Disco Elysium

HUMAN EMPLOYEE

Yevhen Bilyi
NAME

Yevhen Bilyi

DOES WHAT

writes magic symbols on a screen

SPEAKSUkrainian, Python, JavaScript, and to ChatGPT

CORE COLLABORATOR

Johann Marga
NAME

Johann Marga

DOES WHAT

draws pictures of strange machines and hologram sheep

FAVOURITE COLOURSmonk orange, pebble gray and #000000

CORE COLLABORATOR

Derek Terell Allen
NAME

Derek Terell Allen

DOES WHAT

figures out how to make Icelandic learnable again

FAVOURITE LINGUISTIC CONCEPTthe buttery grammar layers of the African-American Vernacular

CORE COLLABORATOR

Richard Annilo
NAME

Richard Annilo

DOES WHAT

tests, breaks, and tries things

FAVOURITE ICELANDIC WORDSlaugardagur, tölva, eldhús

CORE COLLABORATOR

NAME

Klaus Jancis

DOES WHAT

produces bloops and bleeps and bad beats

FAVOURITE SONG"Electric Counterpoint (Movement 3)" by Steve Reich
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