35. The past tense of the verb expresses an action which took place in
past time, or a condition which existed in past time. The ending of
this tense is "-is", as "kuris", ran, "flugis", flew, "brilis", shone.
The conjugation of "esti" and also of "vidi" in the past tense is as
follows:
mi estis = I was. mi vidis = I saw.
vi estis = you were. vi vidis = you saw.
li (sxi, gxi) estis = li (sxi, gxi) vidis :
he (she, it) was. he (she, it) saw.
ni estis = we were. ni vidis = we saw.
vi estis = you (plural) were. vi vidis = you (plural) saw.
ili estis = they were. ili vidis = they saw.