Edge's Spanish

[purpleoscar]

So it looks like The Edge is the one speaking "Donde Este" in the video. I wonder how Edge's Spanish will sound on tour

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

I dunno, so he'd better brush, pronto!!

 

[Sonic]

So it looks like The Edge is the one speaking "Donde Este" in the video. I wonder how Edge's Spanish will sound on tour

I think it's "Donde esta"

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Re: Re: Edge's Spanish

I think it's "Donde esta"

Yup, that's right. it's :¿Dónde está?

And I'm sure Edge will do just fine. Those 3 words (dónde está + Hola) are very easy to pronounce

 

[Numb1075]

Wonder if they'll have concert T shirts with that Spanish vocabulary...no one would ever see that one coming

 

[kevink]

Es muy facil decir "hola" y "donde esta". Un gringo puede decir "Hola" y "donde esta". Yo pienso que no va a ser una problema para The Edge!

 

[thejoshuafrog]

so... what does donde esta mean?

 

[PowerSurge]

Tacos.....Burritos.....heh heh....yah yah.....

 

[Jack In The Box]

so... what does donde esta mean?

Donde esta? = Where Is It?

el español es facil, todo mundo deberia hablarlo, porque es hermoso

 

[kevink]

el español es facil, todo mundo deberia hablarlo, porque es hermoso

 

[Numb1075]

Let me decipher (haven't studied spanish in 10 years though)
Es muy facil decir "hola" y "donde esta". Un gringo puede decir "Hola" y "donde esta". Yo pienso que no va a ser una problema para The Edge!

it is very difficult to say "Hello" and "where is it". A non spaniard can say "hello" and "where is it". I think that it isn't going to be a problem for the Edge.

Am I close?

 

[-macphisto-]

Espanol puede chuparme? Nada mas una broma, pero Espanol esta chido para aprender, aunque el espanol de los mexicanos es muy different compara de Esapana.

 

[Herco]

Unos cerveza porvavore!

 

[Numb1075]

Rico.......Suave.......

 

[shobgite]

Just a thought. If the question is asked "donde esta" or "where is it?" (having esablished that he's in a place called vertigo) shouldn't Bono reply, "it's between 5th and 6th on second avenue" or "just up the road past McBollochain's pub on the left" or something rather than "it's everything i wish I didn't know..."?

 

[kevink]

Let me decipher (haven't studied spanish in 10 years though)
Es muy facil decir "hola" y "donde esta". Un gringo puede decir "Hola" y "donde esta". Yo pienso que no va a ser una problema para The Edge!

it is very difficult to say "Hello" and "where is it". A non spaniard can say "hello" and "where is it". I think that it isn't going to be a problem for the Edge.

Am I close?

Close. The first sentence was "It is very EASY to say..."

 

[Sonic]

Viva español!

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Es muy facil decir "hola" y "donde esta". Un gringo puede decir "Hola" y "donde esta". Yo pienso que no va a ser una problema para The Edge!

Bueno, esas son las palabras fáciles.

Ahora todos repitan conmigo:

Viva el Real España!

hehe (that's my hometown's soccer team. The best in Honduras. Shameless promotion for my beloved team. )

 

[PowerSurge]

I thought "Donde Esta?" in this song meant "Where ARE YOU?"not "Where IS IT?" Where is what? Vertigo? Nobody cares where it is? cause obviously he never tells us. I thought it was meant to ask WHERE IS HE.

hence the line "I'M in a place called Vertigo"

 

[Jack In The Box]

Espanol puede chuparme? Nada mas una broma, pero Espanol esta chido para aprender, aunque el espanol de los mexicanos es muy different compara de Esapana.

yes, our spanish is better

 

[Rafiennes]

I think the important question here is: “Will Edge’s choice of hat wear on this tour be a sombrero?”

 

[Rachel D.]

Can't "Donde esta?" mean "Where is it?", "Where is she?", OR "Where is he?"?

 

[Jack In The Box]

Can't "Donde esta?" mean "Where is it?", "Where is she?", OR "Where is he?"?

yes it means, but I think they are talking about "a place called Vertigo", so, is "Where Is It?"

 

[PowerSurge]

yes it means, but I think they are talking about "a place called Vertigo", so, is "Where Is It?"

reread my post up the page a bit. It makes absolutely no sense to conclude that it means "Where is it?" Because we don't care where IT is. I makes more sense that we ask Where IS HE?

Its like the spanish part is delayed from the english part.

spanish: Hola (hello)
Donde Esta? (Where are you?)


english: HelloHello (response to the hello)
I'm in a place called Vertigo (hence responding to WHERE he is)

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

That's subjective, man. It could just as well mean "where is it?" I think it's more like "where are you?" as in "donde está [usted]?"

All subjective...

 

[ramblin rose]

Where is he? makes absolutely no sense to me in the context of the song and the fact that its asked after "I'm at a place called Vertigo. (I am also a native spanish speaker.)

I could understand "Where is he?" if it comes before "I'm at a place called Vertigo" not after.

Maybe then the song should go:

"I'm at a place called Vertigo" "Where is he?" "Idiot, I just said I'm at a place called Vertigo"

 

[Jack In The Box]

I agree ramblin rose, "where is he?" don't have sense in Vertigo...

"I'm at a place called Vertigo" "Where is he?" "Idiot, I just said I'm at a place called Vertigo"

^

 

[DarkAcrobat]

The key is:

The right words in spanish are : "Donde estan ?", translated:

"Where are you ?", then the answer: In a place called Vertigo,

In this way , the whole phrase sounds right !

 

[speedracer]

Well, it could be "Donde estas" (where are you), "Donde esta" (where are you, formal, although it really should be "Donde eseta Usted" in this case), or "Donde esta" (where is it). There's a missing pronoun.

 

[PowerSurge]

Well, it could be "Donde estas" (where are you), "Donde esta" (where are you, formal, although it really should be "Donde eseta Usted" in this case), or "Donde esta" (where is it). There's a missing pronoun.

thank you...