Finding Conditional Distribution of Multivariate distribution

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Q: Supposing y ~ N4 (µ,∑) and

µ = (1 2 3 -2)'

∑ =\begin{pmatrix} 4 & 2 & -1 & 2\\ 2&6&3&-2\\ -1&3&5&-4 \\ 2 &-2 &-4 &4\\ \end{pmatrix}

What is

(i) f(y1 | y2, y3, y4)?

(ii) 12|34 ?

For (i), I am using the formula E(y|x) = µ_y + σ_yx '∑_xx^(-1)(x - µ_x)

where I let x = (y_2 y_3 y_4). What happens to my ∑_xx now? I would believe it is a partition of the current ∑ where taking the values from row 2 to row 4 and column 2 to column 4. But if I am taking that, then there is no sense in making it a conditional probability in the first place.

Please help. Thanks