Czech, Gluten-Free

Sometimes on my journey in learning Czech, I wished that someone would give me a list, saying, "These are the most commonly used Czech words.  Learn them, and your life will be all the easier for it."  That list never came to me, and I've learned words as I've needed them or come across them: in conversations at work or with friends, in church services and hymns, in grocery stores, in textbooks.  This has been practical and effective for me, though I do admit that there are some words that I do or don't know which might be unexpected.

Charity's necessary Czech lexicon includes the following:

Almonds: mandle

Basil: bazalka

Beet:  červená řepa

Buckwheat: pohanky

Carbohydrates: sacharidy

Chickpeas: cizrna

Cinnamon: skořice

Coconut milk: kokosové mléko 

Cumin: Římský kmín

Curry: kari

Dill: kopr

Eggs: vejce

Flaxseed: lněné semínko

Fat: tuk

Fresh: čerstvý

Garlic: česnek

Gluten-free: bezlepkový

Kohlrabi: kedluben

Healthfood store: zdravá výžíva

Ingredients (as listed on nutritional labels): složení

Leek: pórek

Lentils: čočky

Liver játra

Millet: jáhly
Nettles: kopřiva

Nutmeg: muškátový ořech

Ground: mletý

Oats: oves

Onion: cibule

Organic: bio

Parsley: petržel

Peanuts: arašídy

Protein: bílkoviny

Spelt: špalda 

Spicy: ostrý

Spinach: špenát

Walnuts: valašské ořechy

Wheat: pšenice

Wholegrain: celozrnná

Without sugar: bez cukru

I promise that I know many other useful words and phrases not related to food.  I like to cook and I'm interested in nutrition, resulting in this lexicon.  Practical situations are the best situations for learning.   Similarly, hiking led to a greater knowledge of tree species (dub, buk, bříza, javor, borovice, jedle).  Regular church attendance has taught me words like the following: sláva, spása, Spasitel, následovat, Hospodin, odpuštění, mocný, svatý, láska, milost, hřichy, modlit se.  

Cheers to you on your journeys to fuller vocabularies, be it in your first, second, or eighth language.