Help with translation: I'm staying at....

Question

Me estoy quedando en...
Isn't the "Me" redundant in this sentence? How exactly would this be translated? Would it be, if not proper, understandable to just say estoy quedando en?

You need the me. It's quedarse. - annierats, May 21, 2014

But I don't think you need the estar and the quedarse, that's why I suggested a way round it. - annierats, May 21, 2014

Answer 1

You have to include "me" because it is a reflexive pronoun meaning the subject is acting on itself. For example the sentence, me estoy quedando en un hotel, "me" is the subject taking the place of "yo" (first person). The "yo" in this sentence can be omitted.

Another example: "me veo"... "I see myself", where the person seeing and the person seen are the same.

Tnx, Emily, that's sorted it! - annierats, May 21, 2014

You're welcome :) - emilyher618, May 21, 2014

Answer 2

I think it would be simpler to say:

Estoy en Madrid. I'm in Madrid.

Voy a quedarme en Madrid para dos días. I'll stay in Madrid for two days.

Ya estoy en el hotel el Palmar. Tengo alojamiento en el hotel el Palmar. I'm staying at the Hotel El Palmar.

It depends what you want to say, really.

Answer 3

If this were simply a use of the verb "estar" it would not be matched with the reflexive pronoun "me". To say "me estoy" indicates a use of the pronominal (reflexive) verb, "estarse". You can easily enough look at "estarse" in any dictionary, as here ----> Estarse. Here you will see that "estarse" has a meaning completely different from "estar".
 
I put it that in the phrase in question, "Me estoy quedando en...", "me" is necessary and therefore is not redundant.
 
However, when I tried to determine what was being expressed by the phrase, I coudn't figure it out. I think I saw that "me estoy quedando" seemed to have many meanings. See here what Linguee has to say ----> Me estoy quedando . My internet search for the term was not a lot of help to me. I wonder if it would help if we had more of the preceding and following sentence(s) so we could see the tenor or context in which the phrase is used.

Sí, me estoy quedando calvo, me estoy quedando sola..But I don't think it's a common way to say you're staying somewhere. - annierats, May 21, 2014

Answer 4

My attempt:

Estoy quedando en. - I'm staying at..

Me estoy hospedando en or Me estoy hospedarse

Thanks. I'm really curious about the "Me" in this sentence, whether or not it's even necessary. - aces15224, May 21, 2014

Well, for what it's worth, a native speaker gave me the latter. - rac1, May 21, 2014

You can still wait and see what other answers you receive. - rac1, May 21, 2014