178. The compound tense formed by combining the present passive
participle with the past tense of the auxiliary verb "esti" expresses
an act or condition as being undergone by the subject of the verb "at
some time in the past". It is called the "imperfect passive tense". The
conjugation of "vidi" in this tense is as follows:
mi estis vidata, I was (being) seen.
vi estis vidata, you were (being) seen.
li (sxi, gxi) estis vidata, he (she, it) was (being) seen.
ni estis vidataj, we were (being) seen.
vi estis vidataj, you were (being) seen.
ili estis vidataj, they were (being) seen.