how to say 'think' and 'sick'

[Pronounce properly]

Hi all,

Cantonese not 'able' or 'paying attention' substituting the 'N' with 'L' is getting out of control !

>"ngo lum ngo yau ban"
>"Ngo Lum Ngo Yau fart siu"
"Lum"(think) is pronounced 'Num'

Here is the list of comonly mispronounced (evenly news reporters/anchors from Hong Kong), it is a sad thing but it is every where when you turn on the Cantonese channel !

List of BASIC Cantonese but mispronounced:
'N' sound as opposed to 'L' sound:
'Nam(male)' vs 'Lam(blue)'
'Nei(you)' vs 'Lei(Mr Lee)'
'Nui(female)' vs 'Lui(Mr Lui)'
'Nung(farmer)' vs 'Lung(deaf)'
'Nan(difficult)' vs 'Lan(orchid)'
'Niu(bird)' vs 'Liu(了)'
'Ning(peace)' vs 'Ling(靈)'
'Na(like in CaNada)'
'Nin(squeeze)' vs 'Lin(chain)'
'Nin(year)' vs 'Lin(connect)'
'Niu(urine)' vs 'Liu(料)'
'Nai(soil)' vs 'Lai(come)'
'Nung(overcooked) vs 'Lung(hole)'
'Neun(warn)'
'Neun(young)' vs 'Leun(chaotic)'
'Nau(angry)' vs 'Lau(like the fly chasing you)'
The list goes on ....
So please ! If you are in the forum discussing 'language', please make an effort to 'adjust' it back to the proper pronunciation. This will help you in learning Mandarin because Mandarin speakers do not have this 'N' to be replaced by 'L' like Cantonese speakers !
Let alone some Cantonese speakers can't pronoucne 'NG' like 'Ngau(cow)', some news anchers pronouced it 'au', 'or' for 'ngor' !

Second problem with Cantonese speakers (including those news reporters/anchers from Hong Kong):
They speak 'active tense' when it is obviously a 'passive tense' such as:
- 'The events are listed below' becomes 'The events list below'
- 'Mr X was awarded...' becomes 'Mr X awarded...'
The list goes on ......

[Chongtak]

Yeah right changing the letter "N" into the letter "L" is really boring, it might sounds cool for young people but it's strictly incorrect!
In an other hand not cantonese have this bad habit, my friends from Hubei (Wuhan) use to swap those letters the same way.

[dre]

i do not understand that the N and L giving so much discussion, most people i know do not use the N in normal conversations.

when getting sick; ho tsie nho hai peng ha