〜たものだ

Gakusei jidai wa, okane ga nakute mainichi yasui kappu rāmen o tabete ita mono da.

In my student days, I had no money and used to eat cheap cup noodles every day.

Kodomo no koro wa, natsuyasumi ni naru to sofubo no ie ni asobi ni itta mono da.

When I was a child, I used to go visit my grandparents' house whenever summer vacation started.

Mukashi wa kono kōen de, kuraku naru made tomodachi to sakkā o shita mono da.

Long ago, I used to play soccer with my friends in this park until it got dark.

Wakai koro wa, tetsuya de hon o yonde mo heiki datta mono da.

When I was young, I used to be perfectly fine even if I stayed up all night reading books.

Izen wa shigoto ga isogashikute, shūden de kaeru koto ga ookatta mono da.

In the past, I was so busy with work that I often used to go home on the last train.

Sobo ga ikite ita koro wa, yoku issho ni sanpo o shinagara iroiro na hanashi o shita mono da.

When my grandmother was alive, we often used to talk about various things while taking walks together.