yr
9.6
A short informal way to write you are in messages
- auxiliary
- Informal
:
eres
- If yr interested, we can meet at the cafe after work.
Examples
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Hey, yr going to love this new movie we found last night.
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Let me know when yr finished with the report so I can review it.
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Yr going to love this movie!
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I think yr absolutely right.
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Let me know when yr finished with the report so I can review it.
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Hey, yr going to love this new movie we found last night.
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If yr interested, we can meet at the cafe after work.
Surface Forms
yr infinitive
Etymology
Yr is an informal written short form of you + are, made by using y for 'you' and r for 'are', like a quick texting shortcut. So, when you see yr in a message, it simply means 'you are' in casual writing.
