La Palabra Del Dia: "materia"
materia ( mah-teh'-ryah )
noun ( subject; matter )
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Examples:
1: La señora Giselle imparte mi materia preferida, francés.
Mrs. Giselle teaches my favorite subject, French.
2: Escuché que encontraron materia orgánica en Plutón.
I heard they found organic matter on Pluto.
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Profesor: La materia ni se crea ni se destruye, solo se transforma.
Estudiante: Pero de dónde vino la materia?
Professor: Matter is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed.
Student: But where did matter come from?
En la escuela la historia era mi materia favorita , pero desde entonces estoy sorprendida que no pude darme cuenta de que lo que es una materia que describe solamente las crueldades y atrocidades de la humanidad.
At school, history was my favorite subject, but since I'm surprised that I could not realize that it is a subject that describes only the cruelties and atrocities of humanity.
Algunas personas simplemente no entienden la diferencia entre "materia" y "material", incluso después de mirar a través de muestras. Yo no estoy señalando el dedo, pero este tipo es un habitual en SpanishDict, y participa en la palabra del día mucho. ¡Ayuadame!
Some people just do not understand the difference between 'materia' and 'material' even after looking through samples. I am not pointing my finger, but this guy is a regular on SpanishDict, and he participates in word of the day a lot. Help!
La materia de que quiero decirte es muy seria. He oido que has equivocadote con el subjuntivo, no una vez sino muchas veces. ¿Puede ser verdad? ¡ Estoy escandalizado!
The matter about which I want to speak to you is very serious. I have heard that made a mistake with the subjunctive, not once but many times. Can this be true? I am shocked!
Esta es materia muy delicada. / This is very delicate matter.
Es un experto en la materia. / He’s an expert on the subject.
El chico: ---¿Qué materias estudias este semestre, Mariana?
La chica: ---Oh, estudio, álgebra, geometría, historia, inglés, francés .........etc.
El chico: ---¡Ay, caramba!
The boy: "What subject are you studying this semester, Mariana?"
The girl: "Oh, Algebra, Geometry, History, English, French.........etc.
The boy: Oh, wow!
A pesar de que mi padre fue maestro de la matemática nunca he tenido ningún talento para la materia.
Even though my father was a math teacher, I have never had any talent for the subject.
Todos estamos formados por las mismas materias, el agua y el carbono, el oxígeno, por ejamplo, pero lo interesante es, que con la evolución algunos de nosostos se han hecho ranas, otros víboras, elefantes o lombrices.. Y todos estamos relacionados el uno con el otro, el hombre comparte 99% de su ADN con el ráton, creo.
We are all formed out of the same matter, water and carbon, for example, but the interesting thing is that with evolution, some of us have developed into frogs, others into snakes, elephants or worms. Yet we're all related to each other, man for example shares 99% of his DNA with the mouse, I think . .
¿Son los fotones un tipo de materia o no? Son partículas que no tienen masa, y por eso es polémico. Es interesante que según la versión de Wikipedia en inglés no lo son, pero según la versión en español se clasifican como materia no-másica.
Are photons a type of matter or not? They are particles that don't have mass, and because of this it is controversial. It is interesting that according to the English version of Wikipedia they are not, but according to the version in Spanish they are classified as matter without mass.
