La meva filla no vol treballar avui; vol comprar sabates i roba.

In Catalan, possessives are usually used together with a definite article, so la meva filla is the normal pattern.

• la = the feminine singular article
• meva = my
• filla = daughter

So Catalan often says the equivalent of the my daughter, even though English does not. This is a very common difference between Catalan and English.

Because the possessive has to agree with the noun it describes.

Here, filla is:

• feminine
• singular

So the correct possessive form is meva.

Compare:

• el meu fill = my son
• la meva filla = my daughter
• els meus fills = my sons / my children
• les meves filles = my daughters

Vol is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb voler, which means to want.

So:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell / ella vol = he / she wants

In this sentence, la meva filla no vol treballar avui means that she does not want to work today.

After voler, Catalan normally uses an infinitive directly, just like English uses to + verb.

So:

• vol treballar = wants to work
• vol comprar = wants to buy
• vol menjar = wants to eat

Catalan does not add a separate word equivalent to English to here. The infinitive itself is enough.

In Catalan, standard negation is made by putting no before the conjugated verb.

So:

• vol treballar = she wants to work
• no vol treballar = she does not want to work

This is the normal basic word order for negation in Catalan.

The second clause says vol comprar sabates i roba, not la meva filla vol comprar sabates i roba.

Catalan often leaves out a repeated subject when it is already clear from context. Since the subject is obviously still la meva filla, there is no need to repeat it.

This is very natural in Catalan:

• La meva filla no vol treballar avui; vol comprar sabates i roba.

Repeating the subject would still be grammatical, but less elegant unless you want emphasis.

Because the sentence is talking about buying some shoes and clothes in a general, indefinite way, not specific shoes or specific clothes already known to the listener.

So Catalan often uses bare nouns here:

• comprar sabates i roba = buy shoes and clothes

If you meant specific items, you could use articles:

• comprar les sabates i la roba = buy the shoes and the clothes

So the absence of the article makes the objects sound non-specific.

Because roba in Catalan is usually a collective or mass noun, not a plural noun like English clothes.

So:

• roba = clothing / clothes
• molta roba = a lot of clothes
• comprar roba = to buy clothes

This is a very common thing for English speakers to notice, because English uses a plural form where Catalan often uses a singular mass noun.

Yes. Catalan allows some flexibility with adverbs like avui.

This sentence has:

• no vol treballar avui

But you could also say:

• avui no vol treballar

Both are natural. The difference is mostly one of emphasis or rhythm:

• no vol treballar avui puts today later in the sentence
• avui no vol treballar brings today to the front for emphasis

The semicolon links two closely related clauses:

• no vol treballar avui
• vol comprar sabates i roba

It shows that the two ideas are strongly connected and slightly contrasted: she does not want to do one thing; she wants to do another.

A full stop would also be possible:

• La meva filla no vol treballar avui. Vol comprar sabates i roba.

The semicolon is just a stylistic punctuation choice.

Yes, it could. For example:

• La meva filla no vol treballar avui i vol comprar sabates i roba.

That is grammatical, but it sounds a bit more like a simple chain of facts. The semicolon gives a slightly neater separation between the two ideas.

So all of these can work, depending on style:

• semicolon
• full stop
• i

Filla is roughly pronounced FEE-lya in many descriptions for English speakers, though the exact sound depends on dialect.

The important part is ll, which in traditional Catalan is a palatal sound similar to lli in some careful pronunciations of Romance languages. In some modern accents, it may sound closer to y.

So for learners, FEE-lya is a good practical approximation.

A rough learner-friendly pronunciation is truh-buh-LYAR or treh-buh-LYAR, depending on accent.

A few things to notice:

• the ll is the same special sound as in filla
• the stress falls on the last syllable: trebaLLAR
• the exact vowel quality varies by dialect

You do not need to pronounce it exactly like every regional accent; the main goal is to recognize the stress and the ll sound.

Yes, in some varieties, especially Valencian, hui is used instead of avui for today.

So:

• avui = standard/common Catalan form
• hui = common Valencian form

Both are correct in their respective varieties.