Mandarin is one of several dialects of the Chinese language. So, if you learn Mandarin, your are learning Chinese.
"I love you" in Mandarin Chinese. Actually It should be Wo Ai Ni
If you had used Duolingo with another language, you probably heard of Chineseskill, and knew how it works, but if you are planning to learn not only the Mandarin but also the Chinese character , then you should try MagiChinese.
"long" is the pinyin for Mandarin word for dragon. It has the second tone which is a rising tone.To correctly pronounce the word you should use a vowel sound that is more similar to that from the English word "own" than the English word "long"
You should say "向左走" (pinyin: xià ng zuǒ zǒu).
There are many different iphone and ipad apps that teach Chinese. The common ones are Pleco, I Learn Chinese - Read and Write Characters, Chinese Writer for iPad, MagiChinese and KTdict C-E (Chinese-English dictionary).
The main language spoken in Shanxi, China is Mandarin Chinese. Additionally, some people also speak Jin Chinese, a local variety of Chinese considered a separate language by some linguists. Minority languages such as Mongolian and Hui may also be spoken in certain areas.
A lot of languages are not Germanic. You should specify.
This is a very broad questions but the number one thing a person should know when traveling to China is how to speak basic Mandarin Chinese. This is because it is the most widely spoken form of Chinese in China.
In Chinese, it should be "我不会说中文。" (wǒ bú huì shuō zhōng wén)
In mandarin "颜色" (colour) is written as 'Yan Se' in pin-yin and should be pronounced 'yen ser', this is not regarding tonal differences
Preferably start learning the national language - Mandarin Chinese. If you plan on staying in Shanghai for a longer period of time than you would be doing so in other areas, you may benefit in learning the Shanghainese dialect (after all, regardless of what you learn - you'll pick up the Shanghainese accent if you learn either one enough)
it is GuójiāANSWER 2:"Courtney" is a person's name. Is this what you are asking or, as presumed by the correct answer above, have you misspelled the word "country"?ANSWER 3:English names can be converted to Chinese names by finding Chinese sounds that are similar to the sounds in the English name. The Chinese sounds should have a meaning that is positive so that the name sounds nice in Chinese. A Chinese friend once gave me my Mandarin Chinese name that she had based on my English name using this method.