Hi! I’m Aselle, and I love the book series, Situational Qazaq, by Qanat Tasibekov. The series consist of three books. The first one explains the Qazaq life (milestones and traditions from birth to burial) and provides relevant Qazaq phrases. This book is available as a free app in the App Store and on Google Play. The second book is structured as a conversation between several characters who discuss modern issues in Qazaq society, such as Islam, interethnic marriage, and Qazaqstan’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. The third book is a comprehensive phrasebook of idioms. All three books are written in a mixture of Qazaq and Russian, as the author’s aim was to help Russian-speaking people learn Qazaq.
I love the comprehensive description of the Qazaq life in Book 1, so I am going to attempt to translate it into English in hopes that it will help interested English speakers learn about Qazaqs and perhaps aide their journey of learning our language. I also enjoy learning and working with languages, so this will be a fun activity during this Covid-19 madness.
