Promenons

Promenons is the present indicative form of the French verb promener for the first-person plural, equivalent to “we walk” or “we are walking.” It is used with the subject nous, though the pronoun is often omitted in typical written or spoken French when the subject is clear from context. For example, Nous promenons le chien tous les jours means “We take the dog out for a walk every day.”

The verb promener means to take someone for a walk, to stroll, or to promenade in a general sense. Promenons can therefore describe routine actions, ongoing activities, or actions described in the present tense. In everyday use, form and meaning depend on the sentence’s construction and punctuation.

Promenons-nous represents the reflexive form of the same verb and is typically used as an invitation or suggestion: Promenons-nous? or Promenons-nous dans le bois, meaning “Let us go for a walk” or “Let us take a walk.” The reflexive construction emphasizes the action of walking together.

In culture and language, the phrase Promenons-nous dans les bois is well known as the opening line of a traditional French children’s rhyme and counting game about going for a walk in the woods while avoiding a wolf. Beyond grammar, promenons appears most often as a grammatical form rather than as a standalone word with independent meaning.

Overall, promenons is a standard inflected form of promener used to express “we walk” in French, with reflexive variants forming common imperatives or suggestions.