quando ero piccolo

when I was little

→ quando
phrase Common #7,298
when I was little Used to talk about childhood or a time in the past when the speaker was young. The exact form changes for gender/number, e.g. when I was little girl = quando ero piccola.
IT: Quando ero piccolo, passavo l’estate al mare.
EN: When I was little, I spent the summer at the beach.

Leggi mi qualcosa, come quando ero piccolo.

Read me something, like when I was little.

— Tutto su mia madre (1999)

Me la sogno da quando ero piccolo!

I've been dreaming about it since I was a kid!

— The Experiment - Cercasi cavie umane (2001)

Quando ero piccolo, ma non mi ricordo.

When I was little, but I don’t remember.

— È stata la mano di Dio (2021)

Ho letto questo libro una volta quando ero piccolo.

I read this book once when I was little.

I miei si sono trasferiti a Phoenix quando ero piccolo.

My parents moved to Phoenix when I was little.

— Don Juan DeMarco - Maestro d'amore (1994)

Conoscevo Mallory O'Brien da quando ero piccolo.

I had known Mallory O'Brien since I was a child.

— I morti non muoiono (2019)

Quando ero piccolo ero biondo.

When I was little I was blond.

Come quando ero piccolo.

Like when I was little.

— Un semplice incidente (2025)

Io amavo leggere quando ero piccolo.

I loved reading when I was little.

Io ci giocavo qui quando ero piccolo.

I used to play here when I was little.

— Mystic River (2003)

Non eri cosi con me quando ero piccolo.

You weren't like this to me when I was little.

— I Tenenbaum (2001)

Non torno qui da quando ero piccolo.

I haven't been back here since I was little.

— Die My Love (2025)

E poi mi ricorda quando ero piccolo.

And then it reminds me of when I was little.

— È stata la mano di Dio (2021)

Quando ero piccolo avevo dei problemi agli occhi.

When I was little, I had eye problems.

— Happy Together (1997)