Lesson 9 Verbs

marcher

Marcher is a regular er verb in French. It has two meanings:

  • (for people) to walk
  • Ils marchent dans le parc. (They are walking in the park.) Ils font une promenade. (They are taking a walk.)
  • Je n'aime pas le bus. (I don't like the bus.) Je marche à l'école. (I walk to school.)
  • (for objects, things) to run, to work
  • Mon nouveau baladeur marche très bien. (My new iPod works very well.)
  • Les ordinateurs à l'école ne marchent pas très bien. (The computers at the school don't work very well.

Review the regular er verb conjugation:

  • je marche (I walk)
  • tu marches(you walk)
  • il marche (he walks or it works)
  • nous marchons (we walk)
  • vous marchez (you walk)
  • ils marchent (they walk or they work)