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to be acquired(idiomatically translated by English get or acquire with the object of у(u) as the subject)
унего́заво́дятсяде́ньги ― u nevó zavódjatsja dénʹgi ― he's is getting money (to spend) (literally, “money is being acquired by him”)
тамуменя́заво́дятсяно́выедрузья́ ― tam u menjá zavódjatsja nóvyje druzʹjá ― I am getting/meeting/acquiring new friends there (literally, “new friends are being acquired by me there”)
Note the construction of the verb in the first definition and corresponding examples. What is typically rendered as the subject in English is in Russian specified using у(u) + genitive, normally preceding the verb, while the verb agrees with what is, from the English perspective, the object.
Conjugation
Conjugation of заводи́ться (class 4c imperfective reflexive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.