What is the Opposite of second-person singular past tense of to see?

Answer 1

The opposite of singular is plural. The past tense of see is saw and is used for all persons, singular and plural.
Second person singular is you saw.
Second person plural is you saw.

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The second person singular in English is largely obsolete but that does not mean that it is no longer extant. The personal pronoun "thou"and "thee" in the nominative and vocative cases respectively are still used in special circumstances, such as prayers to the Almighty, whether thou believest in Him or not. There are still some communities around the world which continue to adhere to these old forms. I can think of no reason why these communities should be discouraged from keeping to their ways

The use of the plural form to express a singular merely means that, for a few words, there are two forms of expression accepted by most people schooled in the English language. Just because the plural form is used for the singular does not mean that the plural is also a singular. By analogy, "you ain't" is not a proper plural, present tense of "to be" but merely a form that is accepted as such in some communities. There is no compelling need to legitimise any of these evolved forms. They are already legitimate wherever they are in frequent use.

The second person singular past tense, indicative mood and active voice for the active voice infinitive "to see" is "thou sawest" but the plural form is, of course "you saw." "Thou sawest" It just so happens that the second person indicative of the verb "to saw" (say, a log) is also thou "sawest."

Is there a "red line" beyond which frequent use no longer legitimise a form? Perhaps not but I think there is. For instance, the use of "thee" to mean "thou" is a solecism, even though I have observed its use in Latter Day Saints communities, Perhaps such use is indicative of sheer grammatical sloppiness or ignorance or, perhaps it is because the form "thee" is used in the vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and possibly dual, cases of "thou," hence more frequently.

Answer 2

The opposite of "you saw" would be "you did not see".