"Son sustancias naturales."

Translation: They are natural substances.

[ruinchristmas]

sure they are, Lance.

[PatrickDGill]

I knew someone was gonna say something about him haha

[Flo-n-Noah]

"Herbal" cigarettes! Yeah right!

[yeongenie]

Why can't it be "these are"?

[wazzie]

It would be, Estos son sustancias naturales.
We cannot assume the writer means these (vs. those or anything else)

[jbrmit]

Yeah, just natural substances like hemlock and rattlesnake venom.

[sakasiru]

I am still not sure: Can I add "ellos" in this sentence, or can't I use that for anything else than persons?

[Duomail]

If you use it in this sentence (much less without context), it sounds like you're referring to male persons or male personified things/entities. The same way, ellas.

[JaydenMartens]

Estoy esperando una respuesta también...

[bodhisattvah]

Su falacia de lógica es: apelación a la naturaleza.

[DuroLingos]

Why not "naturalas"?

[MartinCo]

The Spanish adjective "natural" ends in an "l", and does not change for gender. The plural form is naturales.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/natural

[gcgupta]

so, substances can't be these, substances can't be those, they have to be "they" ! very frustrating.

[Andrew_Bowden]

Didnt like 'materials' but earlier in the matching pairs 'sustancias' was paired with 'materials' - inconsistent

[herbert1985]

Tengo hambre.

[MonnekePet]

why not: it are natural substances

[Andreaja69]

Because this is a plural verb 'son' with a plural noun 'sustancias', so the pronoun is 'they'. 'It' is singular.

[Marianna304517]

Substances are natural is wrong, but why?

[3DiegoRomero]

Always remember, in Spanish, the adjetive goes behind the noun. In English, it goes before.

[daryledwards]

the substances are natural????

[stef587743]

can we not use "hay sustancias naturales?"