miketuan

[crisp snow]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[marsh kiln]

'An old man went to a retirement home' is just the idiomatic version, a literal translation would be, 'The old man has left for the retirement home', so, yes, « partir » here still means 'to leave'. Why « en » is used here is because it's a set phrase like « partir en vacances, partir en train, partir en guerre » where « en » replaces « pour » when an action is taken without explanation.