Meaning: to walk, to work (function), to operateType: Regular – ER verb (uses avoir in passé composé)Level: Beginner to IntermediateUses: walking, daily actions, saying something works or doesn’t work
Présent (Present Tense)
Subject French form English meaning je marche I walk / I’m walking tu marches you walk / you’re walking il/elle/on marche he/she/one walks / is walking nous marchons we walk / we are walking vous marchez you walk / you are walking ils/elles marchent they walk / they are walking
Passé Composé (Past – Completed Actions)
Subject French form English meaning je ai marché I walked tu as marché you walked il/elle/on a marché he/she/one walked nous avons marché we walked vous avez marché you walked ils/elles ont marché they walked
Note: Ça marche is very common: “It works / Sounds good.”
Imparfait (Past – Ongoing / Used To)
Subject French form English meaning je marchais I used to walk / I was walking tu marchais you used to walk / you were walking il/elle/on marchait he/she/one used to walk / was walking nous marchions we used to walk / we were walking vous marchiez you used to walk / were walking ils/elles marchaient they used to walk / were walking
Passé Récent (Recent Past – “Just did…”)
Subject French form English meaning je viens de marcher I just walked tu viens de marcher you just walked il/elle/on vient de marcher he/she/one just walked nous venons de marcher we just walked vous venez de marcher you just walked ils/elles viennent de marcher they just walked
Futur Proche (Near Future – “Going to…”)
Subject French form English meaning je vais marcher I’m going to walk tu vas marcher you’re going to walk il/elle/on va marcher he/she/one is going to walk nous allons marcher we’re going to walk vous allez marcher you’re going to walk ils/elles vont marcher they’re going to walk
Futur Simple (“Will…”)
Subject French form English meaning je marcherai I will walk tu marcheras you will walk il/elle/on marchera he/she/one will walk nous marcherons we will walk vous marcherez you will walk ils/elles marcheront they will walk
Conditionnel Présent (Would…)
Subject French form English meaning je marcherais I would walk tu marcherais you would walk il/elle/on marcherait he/she/one would walk nous marcherions we would walk vous marcheriez you would walk ils/elles marcheraient they would walk
Subjonctif Présent (after expressions of emotion, doubt, necessity, …)
Subject French form English meaning que je marche that I walk que tu marches that you walk qu’il/elle/on marche that he/she/one walk que nous marchions that we walk que vous marchiez that you walk qu’ils/elles marchent that they walk
Impératif Présent (Commands)
Form French form English meaning tu marche walk! nous marchons let’s walk! vous marchez walk! (plural / formal)
Participes
Form French English meaning Participe présent marchant walking Participe passé marché walked
Gérondif
Form French English meaning en marchant en marchant while walking