here

Here is the place where you are right now, or it’s the place that is very close to where you are.

• I live in Minnesota. I have lived here since 1991.
• When I came home, I asked if anyone was here.
• Is anyone here?
• Please, come here. (Come to where I am.)
• Do you want to come here or should I go over there?
• We need to leave here by 10 a.m. if we want to make it to the airport by 10:30.
• Is there a gas station around here? (around here = near this location)
• There are many interesting places to visit around here.
• He’s not from around here, is he?
• Are you from around here? (Do you live here, or do you know this area well?)
• Jared is traveling to Chicago this weekend. From here to there is about 400 miles.
• How far is to from here to there?

There are some idiomatic ways to use the word "here." (This is an unusual expression or popular usage among native speakers.)

• Here you go. (I’m giving this to you.)
• Here. (I’m giving this to you.)
• Here we go. (We’re leaving a location or starting something new.)
• Here we are. (We have arrived at a destination.)
• We live in the here and now. (We live in the present, not the past or the future.)
• Joe is picking up extra work here and there. (here and there = not on a regular schedule or not routine.)

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May 15, 2018