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ils marchaient

were walking, walked

→ marcher
march walk + aient 3rd-person plural imperfect
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #38,978
were walking, walked Imperfect tense (past), used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
FR: Ils marchaient ensemble après l’école.
EN: They were walking together after school.
Conjugation of marcher
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third marchait marchaient

Les gens marchaient dans le vaste jardin.

People were walking in the vast garden.

Vous avez vu qu'au début, ils marchaient à leur rythme.

You saw that at first, they were walking at their own pace.

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Des fois, même les gens qui marchaient droit se faisaient repasser.

Sometimes, even people who walked straight got passed over.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Ils marchaient deux cents mètres devant.

They walked two hundred meters ahead.

Autrefois, les gens marchaient de Edo jusqu'à Kyoto.

In the past, people walked from Edo to Kyoto.