veien

In a sentence

• Quan eren petits, sempre veien dibuixos animats a la televisió.

  When they were little, they always watched cartoons on television.

  Here, 'veien' is used as the imperfect tense of the verb 'veure,' indicating an ongoing or habitual action in the past.

• 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.

  In this sentence, 'veien' conveys the action of seeing or observing, occurring in a past narrative context.

• Els científics veien indicis clars de vida en les mostres recollides.

  The scientists saw clear signs of life in the collected samples.

  Here, 'veien' describes the perception or acknowledgment of signs, indicating a specific observation or discovery in the past.