الباقة غالية، بس السرعة كويسة.

In Arabic, present-tense sentences like this usually do not use a separate word for is / am / are.

So:

• الباقة غالية = The plan/package is expensive
• السرعة كويسة = The speed is good

This is a very common Arabic pattern called a nominal sentence.
If you want to say was, will be, etc., then Arabic usually does use extra words.

Because both nouns they describe are treated as feminine singular:

• الباقة → feminine
• السرعة → feminine

So the describing words agree with them:

• غالية = expensive (feminine)
• كويسة = good / okay (feminine)

The masculine forms would usually be:

• غالي
• كويس

So for example:

• الباقة غالية
• النت غالي؟ if a speaker is using a masculine noun

Agreement like this is very important in Arabic.

Here, بس means but.

So:

• الباقة غالية، بس السرعة كويسة = The plan is expensive, but the speed is good

In Egyptian Arabic, بس is extremely common in everyday speech.

Important note:
بس can also mean only / just in other contexts. The meaning depends on the sentence.

Examples:

• أنا بسأل بس = I’m just asking
• غالي، بس كويس = Expensive, but good

In this kind of context, الباقة usually means a plan, bundle, or package, especially for things like:

• internet
• phone service
• mobile data
• subscriptions

So in natural English, it might be translated as:

• the plan
• the package
• the bundle

The most natural translation depends on context.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• الباقة = the plan/package
• السرعة = the speed

The sentence is talking about specific things already understood from context, so using the makes sense.

Notice that the describing words غالية and كويسة do not take الـ here, because they are functioning as the predicate of the sentence:

• الباقة غالية
• not الباقة الغالية in this meaning

That’s different from a phrase like:

• الباقة الغالية = the expensive package

So:

• الباقة غالية = The package is expensive
• الباقة الغالية = the expensive package

This is a very useful distinction.

In Egyptian Arabic, ق is often pronounced as a glottal stop (like a quick break in the throat), not like a hard q sound.

So الباقة is commonly pronounced something like:

• el-bāʔa

Very roughly for an English speaker:

• el-BAA-a

The ق in the middle is not usually pronounced like Standard Arabic q in everyday Egyptian speech.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation would be approximately:

el-bāʔa ghālya, bass es-sorʿa kwayyisa

A rough breakdown:

• الباقة → el-bāʔa
• غالية → ghālya
• بس → bass
• السرعة → es-sorʿa
• كويسة → kwayyisa

A few pronunciation notes:

• In السرعة, the الـ becomes es- because س is a “sun letter,” so the l sound assimilates.
• غ is a throaty sound not found in English.
• ع in السرعة is also a consonant that English doesn’t have.

The normal word order here is:

• noun + description

So:

• السرعة كويسة = The speed is good
• الباقة غالية = The package is expensive

That is the standard and most natural structure for this kind of simple statement in Arabic.

You may hear different word orders in special cases for emphasis, but for learners, noun first is the safest and most useful pattern.

Not always exactly. In Egyptian Arabic, كويس / كويسة can mean:

• good
• okay
• fine
• decent

So السرعة كويسة could mean:

• The speed is good
• The speed is okay
• The speed is decent

The exact tone depends on context and voice.
It can sound a little less strong than very enthusiastic excellent or great.

Yes, but it sounds different in style.

• بس = the normal everyday Egyptian way to say but
• لكن = more formal, more written, closer to Modern Standard Arabic

So in natural spoken Egyptian Arabic, بس is the better choice here:

• الباقة غالية، بس السرعة كويسة

Using لكن would still be understood, but it may sound less conversational.

It is clearly Egyptian-style colloquial Arabic, especially because of words like:

• بس
• كويسة

Speakers from many Arabic-speaking countries would probably understand it, especially from context, but it is not Modern Standard Arabic.

For example, a more MSA-style version might use vocabulary like:

• لكن
• جيدة

But the original sentence sounds natural and everyday in Egyptian Arabic.

They are adjective-type words in meaning, but in this sentence they are acting as the predicate of a nominal sentence.

Compare these two patterns:

1. Predicate sentence

   • الباقة غالية = The package is expensive

2. Adjective directly modifying a noun

   • الباقة الغالية = the expensive package

So the same kind of descriptive word can work in two different structures.
This is something learners often need time to get used to.

Yes, very naturally.

It sounds like something someone might say when talking about:

• a mobile data plan
• a home internet package
• a telecom offer

The idea is:

• the package/plan costs a lot
• but the speed is good

So it’s a very realistic everyday sentence in Egyptian Arabic.