mengingatnya

Mengingatnya is an Indonesian verb phrase meaning “remembering him/her/it.” It is formed from the verb mengingat (to remember) with the enclitic pronoun -nya, which marks the object being remembered and can refer to a person, thing, or idea previously mentioned in discourse.

In Indonesian grammar, mengingat is transitive and takes a direct object. Attaching -nya yields mengingatnya, a form that can mean “to remember him/her/it” or “the act of remembering him/her/it.” The pronoun -nya can refer to a specific person or object already introduced in conversation or text. The phrase functions as a predicate element within a sentence, and the temporal interpretation (present, past, or future) is determined by context or time expressions, since Indonesian lacks mandatory tense morphology.

Mengingatnya is distinct from mengingatkan, which means “to remind (someone),” a causative or directive action. While mengingatnya focuses on the speaker’s memory of someone or something, mengingatkan it typically involves prompting another person to recall.

Examples include: “Saya mengingatnya setiap hari.” (I remember him/her/it every day.) “Dia mengingatkan saya tentang janji itu” would be the related form meaning “He reminded me of that promise.”

Usage notes: The phrase is common in everyday language, literature, and media to convey nostalgia, recollection, or ongoing memory. Its interpretation relies on context and the antecedent of -nya.

See also: ingat, mengingat, mengingatkan, ingatan, memori.