This is the 2503rd most frequent Catalan word.
veien
"Veien" means "they saw" in English.
Here, 'veien' is used as the imperfect tense of the verb 'veure,' indicating an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
Quan eren petits, sempre veien dibuixos animats a la televisió.
When they were little, they always watched cartoons on television.
In this sentence, 'veien' conveys the action of seeing or observing, occurring in a past narrative context.
Des de la finestra, veien el mar blau estenent-se fins a l'horitzó.
From the window, they saw the blue sea stretching out to the horizon.
Here, 'veien' describes the perception or acknowledgment of signs, indicating a specific observation or discovery in the past.