Seriously. No really, Marimoeo is awesome.
They’re these high school chicks (or at least I think they were when they first started) who regularly upload podcasts. And I mean really good quality podcasts. Not the “eeetto…. uhhh….” unprepared ones, where the people sound so unreal, so forced and like they’re reading off scripts and speak like snails so we can “understand” them. Which in reality makes it harder!
I hardly understand a thing these chicks are saying because of my level of Japanese, and I guess also its got a little something to do with the fact that they’re speaking at a natural pace. But, this is actually really helping me because I’m getting really good at picking out the random phrase and sentence that I do understand or I think I understand, and then working out what they’re talking about in general from the expressions in their voice and if they’re laughing or more serious etc while talking about it.
What I really like is that they’ve left all their podcasts on the site since the very first one in 2005, and theres an option to download them! So, I have emptied my ipod and filled it with 4 hours of these podcasts already! And I’ve been listening to them all day. Each time I listen to one, I pick up another phrase or sentence or I grasp the meaning of a conversation that I didnt last time.
I’m really dizzy today and slow in the head, as I havent had any sleep. So I may not have make much sense in this post, but I’m too tired to check now.
I’m reallllly looking forward to the 2 and a 1/2 days of babysitting i’ve got ahead of me starting tonight *cough*.
1 response so far ↓
Joe Edwards // April 19, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I guess I am year late in posting a response. Does that make me a creator of zombies?
Anywho, I agree 100% with you regarding Marimoe. My Japanese is at the basic level, but still, every time I listen, more and more of what they say becomes understandable. I hope they keep this up while in college or whatever they do.
Hokkaido!!!!!!!!!!!!!