Locating things

In English ‘to be’ is the usual verb used to indicate where something is (‘the book is on the table’, ‘the picture was on the wall’, ‘the shop is over there’, ‘Anna is over here’). Russian also uses the verb ‘to be’ or ‘to be found/situated’ to indicate location:

0 . ‘The book is on the table.’ 0 & ‘The picture was on the wall.’ % . ‘The shop is there.’ 3 . ‘Anna is here.’