EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
intermittent; sporadic; choppy...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-tid-pa-TID/
FIL: Hindi tuloy-tuloy; paputol-putol o may mga pagitan sa daloy o koneksyon.
EN: intermittent; sporadic; choppy
This is your PLDT internet connection during a typhoon. It's that one friend who replies to your chat one message at a time, with 5-minute intervals. It's the audio on a Zoom call when someone has bad signal. "Bakit **patid-patid** ang salita mo? Naka-data ka lang?"
Reduplication of the root word `patid` (cut/snap).
ROOT MEANING: a trip; a snap; a cut
Describes anything that is not continuous, whether it's a signal, a sound, a supply, or even speech.
🇵🇭 Patid-patid ang signal ng Wi-Fi kaya nahihirapan akong magtrabaho.
🇺🇸 The Wi-Fi signal is intermittent, so I'm having a hard time working.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa ubo, patid-patid ang kanyang pagsasalita.
🇺🇸 Because of his cough, his speech was choppy.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.