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Conjugation of the French verb marcher

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb marcher, along with their English translations.

marcher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
marcher	to walk

Present		Scored
je marche	I walk
tu marches	you walk
il marche	he walks
elle marche	she walks
nous marchons	we walk
vous marchez	you walk
ils marchent	they walk
elles marchent	they walk

Imperfect		Scored
je marchais	I was walking
tu marchais	you were walking
il marchait	he was walking
elle marchait	she was walking
nous marchions	we were walking
vous marchiez	you were walking
ils marchaient	they were walking
elles marchaient	they were walking

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je marchai	I walked
tu marchas	you walked
il marcha	he walked
elle marcha	she walked
nous marchâmes	we walked
vous marchâtes	you walked
ils marchèrent	they walked
elles marchèrent	they walked

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai marché	I walked
tu as marché	you walked
il a marché	he walked
elle a marché	she walked
nous avons marché	we walked
vous avez marché	you walked
ils ont marché	they walked
elles ont marché	they walked

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais marché	I had walked
tu avais marché	you had walked
il avait marché	he had walked
elle avait marché	she had walked
nous avions marché	we had walked
vous aviez marché	you had walked
ils avaient marché	they had walked
elles avaient marché	they had walked

Future		Scored
je marcherai	I will walk
tu marcheras	you will walk
il marchera	he will walk
elle marchera	she will walk
nous marcherons	we will walk
vous marcherez	you will walk
ils marcheront	they will walk
elles marcheront	they will walk

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai marché	I will have walked
tu auras marché	you will have walked
il aura marché	he will have walked
elle aura marché	she will have walked
nous aurons marché	we will have walked
vous aurez marché	you will have walked
ils auront marché	they will have walked
elles auront marché	they will have walked

Conditional		Scored
je marcherais	I would walk
tu marcherais	you would walk
il marcherait	he would walk
elle marcherait	she would walk
nous marcherions	we would walk
vous marcheriez	you would walk
ils marcheraient	they would walk
elles marcheraient	they would walk

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais marché	I would have walked
tu aurais marché	you would have walked
il aurait marché	he would have walked
elle aurait marché	she would have walked
nous aurions marché	we would have walked
vous auriez marché	you would have walked
ils auraient marché	they would have walked
elles auraient marché	they would have walked

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je marche	(... that) I walk
(... que) tu marches	(... that) you walk
(... que) il marche	(... that) he walks
(... que) elle marche	(... that) she walks
(... que) nous marchions	(... that) we walk
(... que) vous marchiez	(... that) you walk
(... que) ils marchent	(... that) they walk
(... que) elles marchent	(... that) they walk

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je marchasse	(... that) I was walking
(... que) tu marchasses	(... that) you were walking
(... que) il marchât	(... that) he was walking
(... que) elle marchât	(... that) she was walking
(... que) nous marchassions	(... that) we were walking
(... que) vous marchassiez	(... that) you were walking
(... que) ils marchassent	(... that) they were walking
(... que) elles marchassent	(... that) they were walking

Imperative		Scored
marche	Walk
marchons	Let's walk
marchez	Walk

Present Participle		Scored
marchant	walking

Past Participle		Scored
marché	walked

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