About Elements of a Vector Space, and Line Segments between them

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I need complementary explanations for some basic definitions I encountered during introductory Geometry works.

My first question:

Given $V$ any vector space over a field $\mathbb{F}$, when we cite any element $P$ of $V$, does it naturally define a vector $OP$? or does it define just a point in the Space?

My second question:

When we speak of line segments, e.g. $t_1 P_1 + t_2 P_2$ with $t_1 + t_2 = 1$ where $t_{i=1,2}$ are scalars, has this line segment any sense of orientation it implies in the Space?

Thanks.