La meva filla vol aprendre més a l'escola.

In standard Catalan, a possessive adjective like meva is usually used with a definite article when it comes before a noun:

• la meva filla = my daughter
• el meu llibre = my book

So la meva filla is the normal structure. English does not use an article here, but Catalan usually does.

Because meva agrees with filla, which is feminine singular.

The forms are:

• meu = my, masculine singular
• meva = my, feminine singular
• meus = my, masculine plural
• meves = my, feminine plural

So:

• el meu fill = my son
• la meva filla = my daughter

This is a very common Catalan pattern:

• vol = wants
• aprendre = to learn / learn

Together, vol aprendre means wants to learn.

The first verb, vol, is the 3rd person singular present form of voler (to want).
The second verb stays in the infinitive: aprendre.

After voler (to want), Catalan normally uses the infinitive directly:

• vol aprendre = wants to learn
• vull menjar = I want to eat
• volen marxar = they want to leave

So Catalan does not need an extra word equivalent to English to in this structure.

Here més means more.

So aprendre més means to learn more.

It does not mean very.
For example:

• aprendre més = learn more
• aprendre molt = learn a lot

That is an important difference:

• més = more
• molt = a lot / much / very

Because més is modifying the action aprendre.

Catalan commonly places adverbs like this after the verb or infinitive:

• vol aprendre més
• necessita treballar més
• poden estudiar més

So aprendre més is the natural order for learn more.

The preposition a is used with places to mean something like at, in, or sometimes to, depending on context.

So:

• a l'escola = at school / in school / to school

In this sentence, the idea is at school.

Because the feminine singular article la becomes l' before a vowel sound.

So:

• la filla
• la casa
• but l'escola
• l'amiga

This is called elision.
So la escola is not correct; it becomes l'escola.

Because escola uses the elided article l', not el or full la.

Compare:

• a + el parc → al parc
• a + l'escola → a l'escola

So with a noun beginning in a vowel, the article is already reduced to l', and Catalan writes a l' as two parts.

It can mean either, depending on context, but here it most naturally means at school.

Why? Because aprendre a l'escola describes the place where the learning happens.

• Va a l'escola = He/She goes to school
• Aprèn a l'escola = He/She learns at school

So in this sentence, a l'escola is telling you the location of the learning.

A useful approximation is FEE-ya.

The ll in Catalan is traditionally a palatal sound, somewhat like the lli in million, although many speakers pronounce it closer to y.

So for learners, FEE-ya is a good starting point.

A rough pronunciation is luh-sKO-la or les-KO-la, depending on accent.

The main stress is on -co-:

• esCOla

And remember that l' is attached smoothly to the next word, not pronounced as a separate full syllable.