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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/2021 12:01 PM, Steven Boozer
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:DM6PR11MB305272D286E6A1FF6942A5D2C1649@DM6PR11MB3052.namprd11.prod.outlook.com"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(Okrand,
qepHom 2019): The difference between {mej} “leave” and {tlheD}
“depart” is that {tlheD} implies setting out on a journey,
having a goal or destination in mind, while {mej} refers simply
to leaving one's current location. In both cases, the object is
the place you're departing/leaving from.</span></blockquote>
<p>And let's remember that the difference is not whether the subject
has any destination in mind; it's whether the speaker is
expressing that the subject has a destination in mind.</p>
<p><b>ghIq mejpu' tlha'a HoD.</b><i> Then Captain Klaa left.</i> (It
doesn't matter whether he had somewhere to go; all I care about is
that he wasn't here anymore.)</p>
<p><b>ghIq tlheDpu' tlha'a HoD.</b><i> Then Captain Klaa departed. </i>(He
had somewhere else to be.)<br>
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