What is the usual way to say something along the lines of "when I was young, petrol was cheap" or "when I was a kid, my family lived in Mexico".
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You can say:
- 当我年轻的时候,...
- 我年轻的时候,...
- 年轻的时候,...
- 年轻时,...
In these cases, you are talking about the time when you were a young man (note: not a kid nor a teenager). Perhaps you are now in your 40s/50s/60s etc, and you are talking about your 20s/30s.
You could also say:
- 当我年幼的时候,...
- 当我还小的时候,...
- 我年幼的时候,...
- 我还小的时候,...
- 我小时候,...
- 小时候,...
In these cases, you are talking about the time when you were a kid or teenager.
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not sure what the deal is with all the pedanticisms... 小时候 will work just fine.– Mou某 ♦Apr 7, 2014 at 10:13
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I'm not a native speaker but I have seen it as:
我小时候...