THE PLUPERFECT TENSE.

135. The compound tense formed by combining the past active participle

with the past tense of "esti" represents an act or condition as having

been completed at some time in the past, and is called the "pluperfect

tense". The conjugation of "vidi" in this tense is as follows:

mi estis vidinta, I had seen (I was having-seen).

vi estis vidinta, you had seen (you were having-seen).

li (sxi, gxi) estis vidinta, he (she, it) had seen (was having-seen).

ni estis vidintaj, we had seen (we were having-seen).

vi estis vidintaj, you had seen (you were having-seen).

ili estis vidintaj, they had seen (they were having-seen).

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