Tones part 2

In the last post I explained what's with the pronunciation  of the tones. Now let's talk about the differences that these lovely tones bring once you get them  wrong :) . And you will  , you can be sure of that :) but as I learned from my own experience the most embarrassing mistakes are your best teacher :)
Tones change the meaning of the word and it also changes the character it will sound almost the same ( to a newbie it will sound the same ) but the character and the meaning are going to be totally different , you have here an example :

Now imagine calling the ''mother'' of a friend a ''horse'', or instead of saying a horse you swear :))))) 

Tones are not an easy obstacle to overcome , but not impossible. I find it easy to learn a new word and   not mix up its tone by repeating it the moment I learn for about 30 times out loud and that does the trick ;)