当我还是个孩子的时候，我在这个泳池里游过泳。

When I was a child, I used to swim in that pond.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 当 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=1 当 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=1 当 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=3 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=3 还是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
=4 个 gě used in 自個兒 zìgěr
=4 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=4 个 gè variant of 個 gè
5 孩子 háizi child
=6 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
8 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
9 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
10 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
11 泳池 yǒngchí swimming pool
=12 里 lǐ variant of 裡 lǐ
=12 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=12 里 Lǐ Li (surname)
=12 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮 zhèn and neighborhood 鄰 lín levels
=13 游 Yóu surname You
=13 游 yóu
  1. to swim
  2. variant of 遊 yóu
=13 游 yóu
  1. to walk
  2. to tour
  3. to roam
  4. to travel
=14 过 Guō surname Guo
=14 过 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=14 过 guo (experienced action marker)
15 泳 yǒng
  1. swimming
  2. to swim