Ilul uluerstand a Kazakh legend. The legend of Alpamys Batyr
Part 1
Once upon a time, in the land of Zhideli
Baisyn, there was a noble man called Baibory.
He was from the Konyrat tribe of the Orta
zhuz and he was fabulously wealthy. He had
vast lands, a lot of gold and silver, horses and
herds of cattle. But he was sad because he was
old and he didn't have any children. He prayed compared him with the snow leopard they
and a miracle happened his wife gave birth
to a boy. They called him Alpamys. Baibory
invited all his friends for a feast, which lasted
forty days. One of the most important guests
was Baisary. He recently had a daughter,
Gulbarshyn, and he offered his friend Baibory
to marry the children when they grow up
Baibory gladly agreed.
After several years, there was another
big feast, with many horse games and
competitions. The two friends competed in a
kokpar game and Baisary played well, but he
lost. He was very angry with Baibory because
he thought his friend played worse and won
the
game unfairly. Soon after that, Baisary
and his family moved to live far away, in the
Kalmak country
Time passed and Baibory's son Alpamys
grew up a strong, brave young man People
said he fought more fearlessly than the other
warriors. He could jump higher than anyone
else and he ran the fastest, too. No one could
ride a horse as well as Alpamys could.
When he was 14. Alpamys went to his
father's stable to choose a horse. He mounted
the biggest horse, Baishubar, and rode for
many days and nights. The horse took him
further and further into the steppe until they
reached the Kalmak country. Finally, the hors
stopped on top of a hill. In the distance. Al-
pamys could see a large army. Then he looked
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Work in pairs. Do you know any legends about
these people?
Queen Tomiris Alpamys Batyr Koblandy
Batyr Kozy and Bayan Aisha Bibi
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2 Read Part 1 of the story and put the events
in the correct order. What do you think the
message at the end of Part 1 says?
Baisary went to live in the Kalmak country.
Alpamys found a message from Gulbarshyn.
Baibory's wife gave birth to a boy, Alpamys.
Baisary and Baibory played a game of kokpar.
Baibory invited Baisary to a big feast.
Alpamys rode the horse Baishubar.
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2 Th
3 Complete the table with adverbs from the
story. How do we form most adverbs? Which
ones are irregular?
Adverb
Adjective
recent
ea
3 TH
94
4 G
th
5K
А
glad
good
unfair
far
6 Wo
pec
fearless
fast
I think A
beautif
final
clear​