Examples of using "Pływałem" in a sentence and their english translations:
I didn't swim.
- I was swimming in the river.
- I swam in the river.
I was swimming in the pool at that time.
I swam in the afternoons during the summer vacation.
I could swim well when I was a boy.
When I was a child, I often went swimming in the sea.
I would often swim in this river when I was young.
When I was a child, I often went swimming in the sea.