How difficult are Mandarin tones to understand/use?

Answer 1

not too difficult (for me anyway)-first tone just hold the vowel for a long time, second tone, raise your eyebrows as you raise your voice, third tone, drop your chin to your neck and raise it up again, fourth tone, stomp your foot on the floor as you speak-these are all just for practice, not for actual convo-it'd be pretty strange if, as you were speaking with chinese people, to stomp your foot or make a point of dropping your chin to your neck as you speak-but these practice strategies worked for me!

Answer 2

It depends on your accent in general when speaking a foreign language. I love languages and speak 5. Mandarin tones are kind of tricky for me, but I haven't really taken the time to formally learn mandarin other than from tapes. I can make myself understood by mandarin speakers without too much trouble. I just repeat "exactly" like I hear it.

Answer 3

If you want to discover Mandarin but you have no clue exactly where to begin then a program for Mandarin is the best on the internet course for the beginners simply because it really begins with the basis.

Answer 4

one year after mandarin 101, I think I can get the tones very well.

Answer 5

For Americans, they tend to be very difficult. For speakers of other Chinese languages, they also tend to be very difficult. If you are interested in learning them, practice makes perfect.