Description:

The modifier 'spet' glosses as 'this' or 'here'. It means 'this' when used as a noun modifier and 'here' or 'to here' when used as a verb modifier. It cannot be used as a head term without derivation to the term class.

Spet is part of a three way relative distance division which includes 'spot' (far) and 'spocu' (very far). Common works similarly to Spanish in this regard.

The phrase 'ilino spet' is used in a verbal context and especially in copular expressions and means literally 'almost here' - it translares 'near' or 'nearby' in many contexts, except that is cannot take an object, so it can't be used in expressions like 'near the store'.

There is also the special contraction spe'n, short for spet yn, used for referring to a previous statement in a piece of discourse. This usage used to be considered slang, but is increasingly accepted as good High Common. Spe'n can also have the sense of 'here' as a noun, although it is more formal to say 'spetyn' or 'spet step' for this sense.