"Going" verbs

There are 3 verbs which convey the message of simply "going":

These are:

To best understand how these are used, study the examples below:

  1. ходи́ть (multi-directional, indeterminate)

    Де́ти хо́дят в шко́лу.The children go to school. (They make regular trips there and back.)
    Де́ти хо́дят по па́рку.The children are strolling about the park. (random motion, no goal)
    Де́ти ходи́ли в кино́.The children went to the movies. (They made one round trip, there and back.)
    Ребёнок уже́ хо́дит.The child is already walking. (He/she can perform the action.)

  2. Идти́ (uni-directional, determinate)

    Он идёт по у́лице.He's going along the street. (action in progress, directed toward a goal)
    Когда́ он шёл в магази́н, он встре́тил своего́ дру́га.While on his way to the store, he met his friend. (goal-directed action in progress, "intersected" by a secondary action)

  3. Пойти́ (setting out; future intent to go)

    Где ва́ша сестра́? Она пошла́ в библиоте́ку.Where's your sister? She's left for the library.
    За́втра мы пойдём в музе́й.Tomorrow we'll go to the museum.

All these verbs simply convey the meaning of "going" and say nothing about HOW that action will be accomplished. If it is necessary to emphasize that you will be "walking", you need to add пешком after the verb.

For example:

У́тром де́ти иду́т в шко́лу пешко́м.The children walk to school in the morning.
Я люблю́ ходит́ь пешко́м.I like to walk
Они́ хотя́т пойти́ в музе́й пешко́м.They want to walk to the museum.