Emlékezetében

Emlékezetében is a Hungarian locative form derived from the noun emlékezet (memory). It literally means “in one’s memory” and is used to indicate that something exists, persists, or is recalled inside a person’s memory. The form combines the possessive suffix, indicating whose memory is meant, with the inessive/locative suffix -ben/-ben, yielding emlékezetében.

Usage and nuance: emlékezetében is typically used in literary, historical, or formal language to express that a memory preserves a person, event, or detail. It can contrast with related expressions such as emlékezetéből, meaning “from one’s memory” (i.e., retrieved or drawn from memory), or with a phrase like a emlékezetében él, meaning that something “lives in” someone’s memory. The construction emphasizes the inner, mental store of memory rather than external evidence.

Examples:

- Az esemény az öregember emlékezetében él. (The event lives in the old man’s memory.)

- A ház története mostanra az egész közösség emlékezetében él. (The house’s story now lives in the memory of the entire community.)

Notes: The form is most common in contexts discussing remembrance, legacy, or testimony preserved in memory. It is distinct from expressions that refer to memory as a resource or source (e.g., emlékezetéből = from memory) and from locative forms referring to physical locations.