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There is no specific time for the
engagment period but it usually lasts one year.
After the engagment party the process of dating and getting to know each other begind. There are two official feasts(invite people to eat) held. First the groom's to be family invits the bride's to be family over lanch or dinner. Then the opposite happens; the bride's to be family invits the groom's to be family.
During this period the groom to be starts the house processing usually accompanied by the bride to be. They also buy (alshabka); it's part of the dawry and it's basically a set of gold or more ( or more than one set of gold).
The bride accompanied by her mother and sisters starts shopping for the trousseau.
When the betrotheds are ready and all the prepararions are done, they schedual the wedding date.
#I feel like my English is poor and weak. Please help me to sound more like a native speaker. Thanks alot.#
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There is no specific#I feel like my English is poor and weak. Please help me to sound more like a native speaker. Thanks a lot.#
-Because you are not talking about an exact moment, "duration" or "length" is better than "time" in the first sentence.
-A few spelling mistakes here and there but nothing terrible.
-Bride-to-be and groom-to-be are fine (you should include the hyphens) but it's a little awkward when writing possessives. Writing "the groom-to-be's family" is perhaps a little informal. It's better to avoid it completely by rearranging your sentence. You could write "the family of the groom-to-be" instead.
-What do you mean by "house processing"? Do you mean that they start searching for a house to buy?
-To me, "a set of gold or more" means "a set of gold, and some other things." But "more than one set of gold" means "two or more sets of gold". It depends on what you mean. You could also say "at least one set of gold".
-Because "alshabka" is a non-English word, I would put it in italics or quotes. For example: "They also buy alshabka, which is part of the dowry and is basically a set of gold, or more."
-"betrotheds" is very formal and antiquated. When it's used, it sometimes sounds like a joke to me.
-I did not know the word "trousseau" but it looks like you used it right! I would consider it a very uncommon word, but it seems appropriate here.
-There is a very funny comic by The Oatmeal about "alot" vs. "a lot" if you search on Google. :)
This was very interesting to read! Thank you for sharing! I think your English is very good. Most of the things I corrected are very small errors.
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There is no specific time for the engagement period but it usually lasts one year.After the engagement party the process of dating and getting to know each other begin. There are two official feasts: The first one (invite people to eat). The groom invites the bride's family to his house for lunch or dinner. Then the opposite happens; the bride invites the groom's family to her house.
During this period the groom buys a house accompanied by his future wife.< (I'm not sure if that is what you meant) They also buy (alshabka); it's part of the dowry and it's basically a set of gold or more ( or more than one set of gold).
The bride goes shopping for the trousseau along with her mother and her sisters
When the engaged are ready and all prepararions too. They schedule the wedding date.
#I feel like my English is poor and weak. Please help me to sound more like a native speaker. Thanks alot.#
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