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"To become" (part 2) volverse + adjective, word order challenge

"To become" (part 2) volverse + adjective, word order challenge

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In English we say "to become" or "to get". In Spanish there are multiple ways of using these English verbs.

My first word order challenge was about “ponerse” and it is found here.

To review: “Ponerse + adjective” is most commonly used to refer to a sudden or temporary change in mood, emotion or physical appearance. The adjectives most often used with “ponerse” are:

triste (sad)
serio/a (serious)
enfermo/a (sick)
pálido/a (pale)
colorado/a (to blush)
feliz (happy)
nervioso/a (nervous)

Our challenge, today, will use various conjugations of "volverse" + adjective.

The adjectives most often used with “volverse” are:
loco/a (crazy),
agitado/a (agitated, worked-up)

Volverse is similar to ponerse but is often used:
to express stronger emotions
to refer to more profound, quite sudden and often (although not always) negative change

-- You are to put the words in order to create a valid sentence.

-- Write the answer as a complete Spanish sentence.

-- Translate that Spanish sentence and write the English sentence.

-- 1 -- vuelto / se / ha / primo /muy / Mi / agresivo.

-- 2 -- loco!/ ¡Se / volvió /

-- 3 -- Megan / se / vuelto/ imposible. / ha

-- 4 -- agitado. / hombre / se / El / bien / volvió

-- 5 -- se / Los / volvieron / niños / locos.

-- 6 -- rápidamente. / obsoletos / vuelven / Los / ordenadores / se

-- 7 -- bastante / Cuando / a / trabajar / se / en / esa / tienda, / volvió / empezó / distante.


My special thanks to Kiwi for which these challenges are based.

For additional information here are some of her links.

Different ways to say 'to become' or 'to get' in Spanish.

G A M E: To Become, by Kiwi

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updated Jul 3, 2012
posted by bandit51jd

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Version 2

  1. Mi primo se ha vuelto agresivo. My cousin became very aggressive.

  2. ¡Se volvió loco! He/she/it went crazy

  3. Megan se ha vuelto imposible. Megan is being impossible.

  4. El hombre se volvió bien agitado. The man got really agitated.

  5. Los niños se volvieron locos. The children went crazy

  6. Los ordenadores se vuelven obsoletos rápidamente. The computors became obsolete quickly

  7. Cuando empezó a trabajar en esa tienda, se volvió bastante distante. When he began to work at that store, he became really distant.

updated Jul 3, 2012
edited by Maldito23
posted by Maldito23
Hola Maldito23! There are two parts to this challenge. Can you provide the English translation as well? - bandit51jd, Jul 2, 2012
Whoops! Sorry about that. - Maldito23, Jul 2, 2012
Muchas gracias! - bandit51jd, Jul 3, 2012
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-- 1 -- vuelto / se / ha / primo /muy / Mi / agresivo.

Mi primo se ha vuelto muy agresivo. My cousin has become very aggressive.

-- 2 -- loco!/ ¡Se / volvió /

¡Se volvió loco! It's getting crazy!

-- 3 -- Megan / se / vuelto/ imposible. / ha

Megan se ha vuelto imposible. Megan has become impossible (to deal with).

-- 4 -- agitado. / hombre / se / El / bien / volvió

El hombre se volvió bien agitado. The man became agitated.

-- 5 -- se / Los / volvieron / niños / locos.

Los niños se volvieron locos. The kids are getting out of hand.

-- 6 -- rápidamente. / obsoletos / vuelven / Los / ordenadores / se

Los ordenadores se vuelven obsoletos rápidamente. The computers are rapidly becoming obsolete.

-- 7 -- bastante / Cuando / a / trabajar / se / en / esa / tienda, / volvió / empezó / distante.

Cuando empezó a trabajar en esa tienda se volvió bastante distante. When he started working in that shop he became so distant.


updated Jul 2, 2012
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
On #4, where would "bien" go? ¡Por lo demás, es perfecto! Muchas gracias por tu participación! - bandit51jd, Jul 2, 2012
I did not notice I'd left it out. Thanks Bandit. - katydew, Jul 2, 2012
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-- 1 -- ¡Mi primo se ha vuelto muy agresivo!

My cousin has become very aggressive!

-- 2 -- ¡Se volvió loco!

He/she went crazy!

-- 3 -- Megan se ha vuelto imposible.

Megan has become impossible.

-- 4 -- El hombre se volvió bien agitado.

The man became very agitated.

-- 5 -- Los niños se volvieron locos.

The kids went crazy.

-- 6 -- Los ordenadores se vuelven obsoletos rápidamente.

Computers become obsolete quickly.

-- 7 -- Cuando empezó a trabajar en esa tienda, se volvió bastante distante.

When he began to work in that shop, he became rather distant.

updated Jul 2, 2012
posted by Noetol
I hope that was a good review for you, Noetol! Thanks for your participation! Perfecto! - bandit51jd, Jul 1, 2012
Yes, it was. Thanks for the exercise! - Noetol, Jul 1, 2012
I hope I didn't spoil it for everyone! - Noetol, Jul 1, 2012
Most members try very hard to do these exercises on their own, so no worries, amigo! - bandit51jd, Jul 2, 2012