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How does this make sense at all.

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“Una mañana salió el joven de la casa de su padre”

i was reading and found this. It makes literally no sense to me. I have seen that joven de la casa is man of the house but what does that have to do with him leaving one morning or his dad?

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updated Nov 9, 2015
posted by Narashino

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Una mañana salió el joven de la casa de su padre

How I read this:

Una mañana = One morning

salió = left

el joven = the young man

de la casa de su padre = from his father's house

One morning the young man left his father's house.

I am interpreting the first de (de la casa) as desde.

I have no other context, and it is possible that I am wrong, so wait for other opinions.

updated Nov 30, 2015
posted by bosquederoble
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One morning, the youth left the house of his father.

updated Nov 9, 2015
posted by jtaniel
I think we were writing at the same time. But came to the same conclusion. :) - bosquederoble, Nov 8, 2015
I feel absoulutely stupid by missing something like that lol - Narashino, Nov 8, 2015