El meu horari de la setmana és sobre la taula, al costat del telèfon.

In Catalan, possessives usually come with the definite article:

• el meu horari = my schedule
• la meva taula = my table
• els seus llibres = his/her/their books

So el meu horari is the normal pattern.

Also, notice that the article is el, not l'. That is because the article is placed before meu, and meu starts with a consonant sound. If the noun appeared by itself, you would normally get l'horari.

Literally, it means schedule of the week or schedule for the week.

In natural English, you would usually think of it as:

• my schedule for the week
• my weekly schedule

A small nuance:

• horari de la setmana often points to the schedule for a particular week
• horari setmanal means weekly schedule more as a general label or type

So the phrase in the sentence is perfectly understandable, but horari setmanal is another very common way to express the idea.

This is a very common question for English speakers, especially if they also know Spanish.

In Catalan, ser is often used for simple location:

• On és el llibre? = Where is the book?
• És a la taula. = It is on the table.

So El meu horari ... és sobre la taula is normal Catalan.

Very roughly:

• ser is commonly used for neutral factual location
• estar is more associated with states or with certain location nuances, depending on the variety of Catalan

For a learner, the safest takeaway is: using ser for basic location is normal in Catalan.

Yes, sobre can mean both:

• about / concerning
• on / over / above

The context tells you which meaning it has.

In this sentence:

• sobre la taula clearly means on the table

Examples:

• un llibre sobre història = a book about history
• el llibre és sobre la taula = the book is on the table

So there is no problem here: sobre is simply being used as a place preposition.

It is understandable and grammatical, but many speakers often prefer:

• damunt la taula
• damunt de la taula
• a sobre de la taula

These are very common for physical position.

So:

• sobre la taula = fine
• damunt de la taula / a sobre de la taula = often more natural in everyday speech for literal physical placement

This depends somewhat on style and region, but it is useful to know that sobre is not the only option.

Literally, it means at the side of the telephone.

In natural English, that is:

• next to the phone
• beside the phone

So the structure is:

• al costat de = next to / beside
• el telèfon = the phone
• al costat del telèfon = next to the phone

It is a very common expression in Catalan.

Because Catalan contracts these combinations:

• a + el = al
• de + el = del

So:

• al costat = a el costat
• del telèfon = de el telèfon

These contractions are standard and expected.

Compare:

• al cotxe = to the car / at the car
• del llibre = of the book / from the book

But with feminine singular, there is no such contraction:

• a + la = a la
• de + la = de la

That is why the sentence has de la setmana, not a contracted form.

Catalan uses definite articles more often than English does.

Here is why each one appears:

• el meu horari: Catalan usually uses an article with a possessive
• de la setmana: Catalan often keeps the article with this kind of noun phrase
• la taula: specific table
• del telèfon: specific phone, with de + el

English often drops articles where Catalan keeps them. That is one of the habits English speakers have to get used to.

Yes, you often can.

The sentence gives two pieces of location information:

• sobre la taula
• al costat del telèfon

You could also say something like:

• El meu horari de la setmana és al costat del telèfon, sobre la taula.

Both orders are possible, but the emphasis changes slightly. The phrase placed later can sound like an extra detail or clarification.

So the original order is fine, but Catalan allows some flexibility here.

Not always. A version without the comma is also natural:

• El meu horari de la setmana és sobre la taula al costat del telèfon.

With the comma, the second location phrase can sound a bit more like an added clarification:

• it is on the table, and more specifically,
• next to the phone

Without the comma, the whole location can feel more tightly connected.

So the comma is possible, but it is more a matter of phrasing and emphasis than strict necessity.

A simple guide:

• horari → ho-RA-ri
• setmana → set-MA-na
• telèfon → te-LÈ-fon

A few helpful notes:

• h in horari is silent
• the accent in telèfon shows the stress: LÈ
• Catalan vowel sounds are not exactly the same as English ones, so these are only rough guides

If you want a very basic pronunciation memory trick:

• horari sounds roughly like oh-RA-ree
• setmana like set-MA-na
• telèfon like teh-LEH-fon