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marcher: Conjugation

The marcher conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb marcher according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of marcher, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of marcher at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je marche tu marches il/elle marche nous marchons vous marchez ils/elles marchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai marché tu as marché il/elle a marché nous avons marché vous avez marché ils/elles ont marché Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je marchais tu marchais il/elle marchait nous marchions vous marchiez ils/elles marchaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais marché tu avais marché il/elle avait marché nous avions marché vous aviez marché ils/elles avaient marché Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je marcherai tu marcheras il/elle marchera nous marcherons vous marcherez ils/elles marcheront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai marché tu auras marché il/elle aura marché nous aurons marché vous aurez marché ils/elles auront marché Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je marcherais tu marcherais il/elle marcherait nous marcherions vous marcheriez ils/elles marcheraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais marché tu aurais marché il/elle aurait marché nous aurions marché vous auriez marché ils/elles auraient marché Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je marche tu marches il/elle marche nous marchions vous marchiez ils/elles marchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie marché tu aies marché il/elle ait marché nous ayons marché vous ayez marché ils/elles aient marché Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je marchai tu marchas il/elle marcha nous marchâmes vous marchâtes ils/elles marchèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus marché tu eus marché il/elle eut marché nous eûmes marché vous eûtes marché ils/elles eurent marché Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.