s'y prendre

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

s’y prendre

  1. (informal) to go about
    bien s’y prendre ― to do things the right way; to manage well
    Tu t’y prends mal ― You're not doing this properly.
    s’y prendre à l’avance ― to take care of something in advance, ahead of time

Conjugation

This verb is quite irregular, with the following patterns:

  • In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs).
  • In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem prenn- before mute 'e' and the stem pren- elsewhere.
  • In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre.
Conjugation of s'y prendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'y prendre
compound s'y être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’y prenant
/si pʁə.nɑ̃/
compound s'y étant + past participle
past participle pris
/pʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’y prends
/mi pʁɑ̃/ 		t’y prends
/ti pʁɑ̃/ 		s’y prend
/si pʁɑ̃/ 		nous y prenons
/nu.z‿i pʁə.nɔ̃/ 		vous y prenez
/vu.z‿i pʁə.ne/ 		s’y prennent
/si pʁɛn/
imperfect m’y prenais
/mi pʁə.nɛ/ 		t’y prenais
/ti pʁə.nɛ/ 		s’y prenait
/si pʁə.nɛ/ 		nous y prenions
/nu.z‿i pʁə.njɔ̃/ 		vous y preniez
/vu.z‿i pʁə.nje/ 		s’y prenaient
/si pʁə.nɛ/
past historic2 m’y pris
/mi pʁi/ 		t’y pris
/ti pʁi/ 		s’y prit
/si pʁi/ 		nous y prîmes
/nu.z‿i pʁim/ 		vous y prîtes
/vu.z‿i pʁit/ 		s’y prirent
/si pʁiʁ/
future m’y prendrai
/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁe/ 		t’y prendras
/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁa/ 		s’y prendra
/si pʁɑ̃.dʁa/ 		nous y prendrons
/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		vous y prendrez
/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁe/ 		s’y prendront
/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional m’y prendrais
/mi pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		t’y prendrais
/ti pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		s’y prendrait
/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		nous y prendrions
/nu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		vous y prendriez
/vu.z‿i pʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		s’y prendraient
/si pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'y être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'y être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'y être + past participle
future perfect future of s'y être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'y être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’y prenne
/mi pʁɛn/ 		t’y prennes
/ti pʁɛn/ 		s’y prenne
/si pʁɛn/ 		nous y prenions
/nu.z‿i pʁə.njɔ̃/ 		vous y preniez
/vu.z‿i pʁə.nje/ 		s’y prennent
/si pʁɛn/
imperfect2 m’y prisse
/mi pʁis/ 		t’y prisses
/ti pʁis/ 		s’y prît
/si pʁi/ 		nous y prissions
/nu.z‿i pʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		vous y prissiez
/vu.z‿i pʁi.sje/ 		s’y prissent
/si pʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'y être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'y être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prends-t’y
/pʁɑ̃.ti/ 		— prenons-nous-y
/pʁə.nɔ̃.nu.zi/ 		prenez-vous-y
/pʁə.ne.vu.zi/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'y être + past participle — simple imperative of s'y être + past participle simple imperative of s'y être + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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