Kepadanya

Kepadanya is an Indonesian prepositional protoword formed from ke, pada, and the pronominal suffix -nya. It functions as a fused form meaning “to him,” “to her,” or “to it,” and marks the recipient or target of an action. The word is commonly used with verbs that involve giving, sending, addressing, or directing something toward another person or entity.

As a grammatical construction, kepadanya serves as the indirect object in a sentence. It often replaces kepadadia or kepada dia in everyday speech, especially in written Indonesian or formal contexts. The form kepadanya can also appear with rhetorical or literary nuance, reinforcing the third-person reference. There is also a religious variant, ketika ditulis dengan huruf kapital, Kepada-Nya, which means “to Him” and refers reverentially to God.

Usage notes and variants:

- Kepadanya = to him/her/it. Example: Saya memberikan buku itu kepadanya. (I gave the book to him/her.)

- Kepada dia or kepada dia are alternate, especially in casual speech: Saya mengirim surat kepada dia.

- Kepada-Nya (with capital Nya) is used in religious or devotional writing: Doa ini ditujukan kepada-Nya.

Kepadanya is versatile across registers and is primarily a statement of indirect object relation, enabling concise expression of recipients without repeating pronouns. See also: kepada, ke, pada, pronominal suffix -nya.