El vent ve del nord.

Ve is the 3rd person singular form of the verb venir (to come).

So:

• venir = to come
• ve = comes / is coming

In El vent ve del nord, the subject is el vent (the wind), which is singular, so Catalan uses ve.

A few forms of venir in the present tense are:

• jo vinc = I come
• tu véns = you come
• ell/ella ve = he/she/it comes

Since wind is treated as it, ve is the correct form.

With wind, Catalan commonly uses venir de (to come from) to show the direction it is coming from.

So:

• El vent ve del nord = the wind comes from the north

If you said El vent és del nord, it would sound less natural for ordinary weather description. It can be understood, but ve del nord is the normal way to talk about the wind’s origin or direction.

English also does this sometimes: The wind is coming from the north.

Because de + el contracts to del in Catalan.

So:

• de = from / of
• el = the
• de + el = del

That means:

• del nord = from the north

This is very common in Catalan. Another common contraction is:

• a + el = al

For example:

• Va al mercat = He/She goes to the market

Catalan often uses the definite article more regularly than English does.

Here:

• el vent = the wind

In weather statements, Catalan normally says el vent, not just vent by itself.

So even though English might sometimes use wind more generally, Catalan typically uses the article here.

Because nord here is a compass direction, not a proper name.

In Catalan, compass points are normally written in lowercase:

• nord = north
• sud = south
• est = east
• oest = west

So El vent ve del nord is the normal spelling.

It would only be capitalized in special cases, such as part of an official name.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

el bent beh del nort

A few helpful notes:

• v in many varieties of Catalan sounds close to b
• ve sounds roughly like beh
• nord ends with a clear d/t-like final sound depending on accent and pronunciation style
• el is often pronounced very lightly

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away; the most important thing is to say the words clearly and keep the stress natural:

• vent
• ve
• nord

Yes, it is very similar here.

Catalan:

• El vent = the wind
• ve = comes
• del nord = from the north

So the structure is basically:

subject + verb + origin/direction

That makes this sentence quite straightforward for an English speaker.

It can work for either, depending on context.

In Catalan, the present tense often covers both:

• comes
• is coming

So El vent ve del nord can be understood as:

• The wind comes from the north
• The wind is coming from the north

In weather descriptions, English often prefers is coming from, but Catalan can simply use the present tense.

Because Catalan normally uses the article with compass directions in this kind of expression.

So you say:

• del nord = from the north
• del sud = from the south

Using de nord would sound wrong in standard Catalan in this sentence.

So the pattern to remember is:

venir de + article + direction

Examples:

• ve del nord
• ve del sud
• ve de l’est
• ve de l’oest

If the subject were plural, both the article/noun and the verb would change:

• Els vents venen del nord = The winds come from the north

Changes:

• el vent → els vents
• ve → venen

This is useful because it shows agreement:

• singular: El vent ve del nord
• plural: Els vents venen del nord

Normally, no. In standard Catalan, that would sound incomplete or unnatural here.

The normal sentence is:

• El vent ve del nord

Catalan usually wants the article with a noun like vent in this kind of statement.

So for a learner, the safest choice is to keep el.

Basically both. With wind, ve de expresses the direction it comes from, which is also its point of origin in the sentence.

So del nord means:

• the wind is coming from the north
• the wind has a northerly origin/direction

In weather language, that is the standard way to describe wind direction in Catalan.