There and Here

There and Here

Here typically refers to the speaker’s location and sees the position of people and things from the speaker’s point of view. It may be used with static and dynamic verbs:

Ø  We’ve lived here over 16 years now.
Ø  Come here, Max.

There typically refers to the listener’s location or a third-party location and sees the position of people and things from the listener’s or a third-party point of view. It may also be used with static and dynamic verbs:

[on the phone]

•  Oh, you’re in Rome! What are you doing there?

(listener, not speaker, is in Rome)

•        If we leave here at six, we should get there by eight or eight-thirty.

(at a place where neither listener nor speaker is at present)

Here and there correspond in their speaker-listener relationship to this/these and that/those respectively, and frequently accompany the related demonstrative:

         [teacher addressing a computer class]

•           I think the idea today is that everyone will have a go at this machine here. It’s quite simple to use. 
•            Is that coffee there mine?

Here and there also correspond in their speaker-listener relationship to come/bring and go/take respectively, and frequently accompany the related verb:

• They came here about 15 years ago.
•  She has a cottage on the coast and goes there to paint. 
•  Bring that tray here, would you.

[talking about a restaurant]
She took Lars there for a meal when he came to stay