بطيء (bati) — "slow" in Levantine Arabic

بطيء

baʈīʔ

slow

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Egyptian Arabic

بطيء

baʈīʔ

Moroccan Darija

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بطيء in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

مساء الخير يا جدتي الإنترنت بالبيت بطيء كتير اليوم

Masāʾ al-khayr ya jaddati. Al-internet bil-bayt baṭīʾ ktīr il-yōm.

Good evening, grandma. The internet at home is very slow today.

from The Internet Problem

حاولت شغل البروجيكتور بس النت كان كتير بطيء وما عم يشتغل ابدا

Hawalt shagghal el projector bas el net kan kteer batee' w ma am yeshteghil abadan

I tried to turn on the projector but the internet was very slow and wasn't working at all

from A Slow Work Day

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