"s'y prendre" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ/
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} s’y prendre Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: s’ y prendre [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], s'y prendre [infinitive], s'y être + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], s’y prenant [gerund, participle, present], s'y étant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], pris [participle, past], m’y prends [first-person, indicative, present, singular], t’y prends [indicative, present, second-person, singular], s’y prend [indicative, present, singular, third-person], nous y prenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], vous y prenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], s’y prennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], m’y prenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], t’y prenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], s’y prenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], nous y prenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], vous y preniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], s’y prenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], m’y pris [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], t’y pris [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], s’y prit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], nous y prîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], vous y prîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], s’y prirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], m’y prendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], t’y prendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], s’y prendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], nous y prendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], vous y prendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], s’y prendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], m’y prendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], t’y prendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], s’y prendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], nous y prendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], vous y prendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], s’y prendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of s'y être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of s'y être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of s'y être + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of s'y être + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of s'y être + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], m’y prenne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], t’y prennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], s’y prenne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], nous y prenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], vous y preniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], s’y prennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], m’y prisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], t’y prisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], s’y prît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], nous y prissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], vous y prissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], s’y prissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of s'y être + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of s'y être + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], prends-t’y [imperative, second-person, singular], prenons-nous-y [first-person, imperative, plural], prenez-vous-y [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of s'y être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of s'y être + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of s'y être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (informal) to go about [with avec ‘something’] Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-s'y_prendre-fr-verb-44ZKJYy2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with placeholder y, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "s’ y prendre",
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "s'y prendre",
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      "form": "s'y être + past participle",
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        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "m’y prends",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "t’y prends",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "s’y prend",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prenons",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present",
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        "imperfect",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "s’y prenait",
      "ipa": "/si pʁə.nɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "vous y preniez",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "s’y prenaient",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y pris",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prit",
      "ipa": "/si pʁi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prîmes",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁim/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prîtes",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prirent",
      "ipa": "/si pʁiʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prendrai",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prendras",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendra",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prendrons",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁe/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "t’y prendrais",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendrait",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prendrions",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prendriez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendraient",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prenne",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁɛn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prennes",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁɛn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prenne",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɛn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prenions",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁə.njɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y preniez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁə.nje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prennent",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɛn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prisse",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prisses",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prît",
      "ipa": "/si pʁi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prissions",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁi.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prissiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁi.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prissent",
      "ipa": "/si pʁis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prends-t’y",
      "ipa": "/pʁɑ̃.ti/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prenons-nous-y",
      "ipa": "/pʁə.nɔ̃.nu.zi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prenez-vous-y",
      "ipa": "/pʁə.ne.vu.zi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "s’y prendre",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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        },
        {
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to do things the right way; to manage well",
          "text": "bien s’y prendre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're not doing this properly.",
          "text": "Tu t’y prends mal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take care of something in advance, ahead of time",
          "text": "s’y prendre à l’avance",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go about"
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          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to go about [with avec ‘something’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "s'y prendre"
}

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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prends",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "s’y prend",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nous y prenons",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "vous y prenez",
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        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "s’y prennent",
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        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prenais",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "t’y prenais",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prenait",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "nous y prenions",
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      "form": "vous y preniez",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "s’y prenaient",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "m’y pris",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "t’y pris",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "s’y prit",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prîmes",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁim/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prîtes",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁit/",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prirent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prendrai",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prendras",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendra",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prendrons",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prendrez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendront",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m’y prendrais",
      "ipa": "/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prendrais",
      "ipa": "/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendrait",
      "ipa": "/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prendrions",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prendriez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prendraient",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
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        "pluperfect"
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    {
      "form": "past historic of s'y être + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "future of s'y être + past participle",
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        "perfect"
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      "form": "conditional of s'y être + past participle",
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    },
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      "form": "m’y prenne",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prennes",
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    },
    {
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      "form": "vous y preniez",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prennent",
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      ]
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      "form": "m’y prisse",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t’y prisses",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prît",
      "ipa": "/si pʁi/",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous y prissions",
      "ipa": "/nu.z‿i pʁi.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous y prissiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.z‿i pʁi.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’y prissent",
      "ipa": "/si pʁis/",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of s'y être + past participle",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prends-t’y",
      "ipa": "/pʁɑ̃.ti/",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prenons-nous-y",
      "ipa": "/pʁə.nɔ̃.nu.zi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prenez-vous-y",
      "ipa": "/pʁə.ne.vu.zi/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'y être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "simple imperative of s'y être + past participle",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "s’y prendre",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French informal terms",
        "French irregular verbs",
        "French lemmas",
        "French multiword terms",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French third group verbs",
        "French verbs",
        "French verbs with placeholder y",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to do things the right way; to manage well",
          "text": "bien s’y prendre",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're not doing this properly.",
          "text": "Tu t’y prends mal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take care of something in advance, ahead of time",
          "text": "s’y prendre à l’avance",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go about"
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          "args": {
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            "2": ":avec<something>"
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            "words": [
              "avec",
              "‘something’"
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          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to go about [with avec ‘something’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/s‿i pʁɑ̃dʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "s'y prendre"
}

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