The French for walk is the verb marcher

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French for walk is the regular ER verb marcher, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb marcher - French for walk

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of marcher, which is French for walk.

• I walk.
• you walked.
• he will walk.
• we would walk.
• they may walk.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for marcher, give you the tools to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE marcher
Simple Tenses marcher
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent walk	marche	marches	marche	marchons	marchez	marchent
Past Imperfect Imparfait walked	marchais	marchais	marchait	marchions	marchiez	marchaient
Simple Past Passé Simple walked	marchai	marchas	marcha	marchâmes	marchâtes	marchèrent
Future Futur will walk	marcherai	marcheras	marchera	marcherons	marcherez	marcheront
Conditional Conditionnel would walk	marcherais	marcherais	marcherait	marcherions	marcheriez	marcheraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may walk	marche	marches	marche	marchions	marchiez	marchent
Compound Tenses marcher
Present Perfect Passé Composé have walked	ai marché	as marché	a marché	avons marché	avez marché	ont marché
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had walked	avais marché	avais marché	avait marché	avions marché	aviez marché	avaient marché
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai marché	auras marché	aura marché	aurons marché	aurez marché	auront marché
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have walked	aurais marché	aurais marché	aurait marché	aurions marché	auriez marché	auraient marché
Imperative Imperatif walk!		marche		marchons	marchez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of marcher the French for walk
présent de l’indicatif

je marche
- I walk
tu marches
- you walk - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on marche
- he, she, it, one walks
nous marchons
- we walk
vous marchez
- you walk (formal or plural)
ils, elles marchent
- they walk

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
imparfait de l’indicatif

je marchais
- I walked
- I was walking
tu marchais
- you walked- (familiar or informal)
- you were walking
il, elle, on marchait
- he, she, it, one walked
- he, she, it, one was walking
nous marchions
- we walked
- we were walking
vous marchiez
- you walked- (formal or plural)
- you were walking
ils, elles marchaient
- they walked
- they were walking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
passé simple

je marchai
- I walked
tu marchas
- you walked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on marcha
- he, she, it, one walked
nous marchâmes
- we walked
vous marchâtes
- you walked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles marchèrent
they walked
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
futur

je marcherai
- I will walk
tu marcheras
- you will walk (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on marchera
- he, she, it, one will walk
nous marcherons
- we will walk
vous marcherez
- you will walk (formal or plural)
ils, elles marcheront
- they will walk

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Conditional Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
conditionnel

je marcherais
- I would walk
tu marcherais
- you would walk (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on marcherait
- he, she, it, one would walk
nous marcherions
- we would walk
vous marcheriez
- you would walk (formal or plural)
ils, elles marcheraient
- they would walk

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
présent de subjonctif

que je marche
- that I may walk
que tu marches
- that you may walk(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on marche
- that he, she, it, one may walk
que nous marchions
- that we may walk
que vous marchiez
- that you may walk(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles marchent
- that they may walk

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb marcher - the verb ‘to walk’ in French

Past Participle of marcher is:
marché -walked.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

• I have walked
• you had walked
• he will have walked
• we would have walked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of marcher - French for walk
passé composé

Here’s the French for walk conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai marché
- I have walked or I did walk or
- I walked
tu as marché
- you have walked or you did walk - (familiar or informal) or
- you walked
il, elle, on a marché
- he, she, it, one has walk or did walk
- he, she, it walked
nous avons marché
- we have walked or we did walk
- we walked
vous avez marché
- you have walked or you did walk (formal or plural) or
- or we walked
ils, elles ont marché
- they have walked or they did walk
- they walked

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of marcher - walk in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -walk conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais marché
- I had walked
tu avais marché
- you had walked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait marché
- he, she, it, one had walked
nous avions marché
- we had walked
vous aviez marché
- you had walked (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient marché
- they had walked

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
futur antérieur

j’aurai marché
- I will have
tu auras marché
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura marché
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons marché
- we will have
vous aurez marché
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront marché
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
conditionnel passé

j’aurais marché
- I would have walked
tu aurais marché
- you would have walked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait marché
- he, she, it, one would have walked
nous aurions marché
- we would have walked
vous auriez marché
- you would have walked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient marché
- they would have walked

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Imperative Tense conjugations of marcher, the French for walk
impératif

marche
- walk!
marchons
- let’s walk!
marchez
- walk!

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Present Participle of marcher

marchant - walking

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