Is "right" from "right here" used to emphasize "here"? Or is it emphasizing the time and translated as "now"? And can I replace "right here" with "just here"? If so, how does the meaning get changed?

Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Good question! The word "right" in this context is used to emphasize the location of "here", and not to emphasize the time. If you replaced "right here" with "just here" the meaning would be slightly changed. "Just here" implies that something just recently arrived, and so it would place more emphasis on the time rather than the location of "here". Ex: The books are right here on the shelf. Ex: The new books are just here! We got them in the store yesterday.