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Originally Posted by Perikles

Thanks

You're welcome.

Originally Posted by laepelba

I actually have some trouble with the preposition required by "salir" because in English, we often just say something like "I leave the house" - but in Spanish, it seems to me that you need some sense of direction, "I leave the house TO GO TO work" or that "I leave FROM the house..." etc. Thus, there need to be different meanings that come with "salir de" vs. "salir a", etc. as you've pointed out....

Correct. As in English, just that you don't realize of it...