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Managing digital subscriptions is part of daily life. Whether you are navigating free trials, upgrading to an ad-free tier, or handling auto-renewals, this lesson provides the essential vocabulary to manage your online services.

### Subscriptions and Trials

To talk about joining a platform, use the verb اشترك (to subscribe). Like many Arabic verbs, it pairs with a specific preposition: use في to indicate what you are subscribing to. Before committing, you might test a service during a تجريبي (trial) period.

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### Auto-Renewals and Deductions

Subscription fees are rarely manual; they are usually تلقائي (automatic). To express that an action happens "automatically," you can add the accusative ending to the adjective to form the adverb تلقائيا.

When a bank or service takes money from your account, use the verb اقتطع (to deduct).

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### Upgrading for Ad-Free Viewing

Free apps often interrupt your مشاهدة (viewing) with an إعلان مزعج (annoying advertisement). To avoid this, users upgrade to a مدفوع (paid) version.

In this section, you will also see a common exclamatory structure used to express strong feelings about an experience: ما followed by an adjective in the أفعل pattern. For example, ما أسوأ translates to "How terrible...!"

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### Temporary Access, Recurring Fees, and Refunds

When managing subscription terms, it is helpful to distinguish between مؤقت (temporary) access and a متكرر (recurring) charge. 

If you are unhappy with a service or charged by mistake, you might need to use the verb استرد (to get a refund) to get your money back.

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adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
to subscribe	اشتركishtaraka
trial	تجريبيtajrîbî
I subscribed to the service for a trial period.	اشتركت في الخدمة لفترة تجريبية.ishtaraktu fil khidmati li fatratin tajrîbiyyah
The platform pleased me, so I will subscribe to it.	أعجبتني المنصة ولذلك سأشترك فيها.a'jabatnî al-minassatu wa lidhâlika sa'ashtariku fîhâ.
The trial application pleased Fatima.	أعجب التطبيق التجريبي فاطمة.a'jaba at-tatbîqu at-tajrîbiyyu fâtimata
automatic (spontaneous)	تلقائيtilqâ'iyy
Renewal is automatic when you subscribe to the annual package.	التجديد تلقائي عندما تشتركين في الباقة السنوية.at-tajdeedu tilqâ'iyyun 'indamâ tashtarikîna fi al-bâqati as-sanawiyyati
to deduct	اقتطعiqtataa
I canceled the card so that they do not deduct the amount automatically.	ألغيت البطاقة لئلا يقتطعوا المبلغ تلقائيا.alghaytu albiTâqata li'allâ yaqtaTi`û almablagha tilqâ'iyyan.
The bank deducted additional fees from my account.	اقتطع البنك رسوما إضافية من حسابي.iqtataAA al-banku rusûman 'idâfiyyatan min hisâbî
paid	مدفوعmadfû'
You can download the content from the paid version without additional fees.	يمكن تحميل المحتوى من النسخة المدفوعة بدون رسوم إضافية.yumkinu tahmîlu al-muhtawâ mina an-nuskhati al-madfûati bidûni rusûmin idâfiyyatin
advertisement, ad	إعلانi'lân
annoying	مزعجmuz'ij
viewing	مشاهدةmushâhada
How terrible the annoying ads are while watching the film!	ما أسوأ الإعلانات المزعجة أثناء مشاهدة الفيلم!maa aswa'a al-i'lanaati al-muz'ijata athnaa'a mushaahadati al-filmi!
Watching is enjoyable in the paid application without annoying ads.	المشاهدة ممتعة في التطبيق المدفوع بدون إعلانات مزعجة.al-mushâhadatu mumti'atun fi at-tatbîqi al-madfû'i bidûni i'lânâtin muz'ijah
to get a refund	استردistaradda
Can Ahmed get a refund for the paid subscription amount?	هل يمكن لأحمد أن يسترد مبلغ الاشتراك المدفوع؟hal yumkinu li'ahmada an yastaridda mablagha al-ishtiraki al-madfu'i?
What is the official decision regarding the users who got their money back?	ما القرار الرسمي حيال المستخدمين الذين استردوا أموالهم؟mâ al-qarâru ar-rasmiyyu hiyâla al-mustakhdimîna alladhîna istaraddû amwâlahum?
temporary	مؤقتmu'aqqat
The company offered temporary viewing of the new series.	عرضت الشركة مشاهدة مؤقتة للمسلسل الجديد.'aradati ash-sharikatu mushâhadatan mu'aqqatatan lil-musalsali al-jadîd
This is a temporary subscription, not a permanent one.	هذا اشتراك مؤقت وليس اشتراكا دائما.hâdhâ ishtirâkun mu'aqqatun wa laysa ishtirâkan dâ'iman.
recurring	متكررmutakarrir
Tariq will deduct the recurring fees from the company's account.	سيقتطع طارق الرسوم المتكررة من حساب الشركة.sayaqtatiu târiqun ar-rusûma al-mutakarrirata min hisâbi ash-sharikati.
The recurring notifications on the screen are very annoying.	الإشعارات المتكررة على الشاشة مزعجة جدا.al-'ish'ârâtu al-mutakarriratu 'alâ ash-shâshati muz'ijatun jiddan
by means of, via	بواسطةbiwâsitati
Pay by card.	ادفع بواسطة البطاقة.idfa' biwâsitati l-bitâqah.
I cancelled the subscription via the app.	ألغيت الاشتراك بواسطة التطبيق.alghaytu al-ishtiraaka biwaasitati attatbeeqi

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