There are seven verbs in this short passage. All are first person singular except erant, and except essem all are indicative. The first four referring to the earlier "when I was a boy" are in the imperfect, the next two referring to "when I became a man" are in the perfect and the final verb is again in the imperfect.
essem 1st person singular imperfect subjunctive of esse to be
loquebar 1st person singular imperfect of the deponent vert loquor, loqui, locutus to speak
sapiebam 1st person singular imperfect of sapio, -ere, -ivi, -ui
cogitabam 1st person singular imperfect of cogito, -are, -avi, -atum to think
factus sum 1st person singular perfect passive of facio, -ere, feci, factum
evacuavi 1st person singular perfect active
erant 3rd person plural imperfect of esse to be
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