El got que vol la meva filla és a la cuina.

Catalan usually uses the definite article more often than English. El got means the glass.

• el = the for a masculine singular noun
• got = glass

So El got is the normal way to say the glass.

Got usually means a drinking glass or tumbler. It is not normally a handled cup.

So in this sentence, got is best understood as glass.

Grammatically, it is:

• masculine
• singular

That is why it takes el.

Here que means that or which in a relative clause.

So:

• El got que vol la meva filla = The glass that my daughter wants

It connects the glass with the extra information my daughter wants.

In English, that is often optional:

• The glass that my daughter wants
• The glass my daughter wants

In Catalan, que is normally used here.

Both word orders can be possible, but que vol la meva filla is very natural in Catalan.

Literally, it looks like:

• that wants my daughter

But the meaning is still:

• that my daughter wants

Why does this work? Because el got is the object of vol. Catalan often allows the verb to come before the subject, especially in relative clauses and other structures.

So:

• que vol la meva filla = that my daughter wants
• que la meva filla vol can also be understood, but the version in your sentence is very natural and idiomatic.

Catalan often uses the definite article before possessives.

So:

• la meva filla = my daughter
• literally: the my daughter

This is normal in Catalan, even though English does not do it.

You will often see:

• el meu pare = my father
• la meva mare = my mother
• el meu llibre = my book

Catalan possessives usually go before the noun:

• la meva filla = my daughter

The order is:

• article + possessive + noun

So:

• la = the
• meva = my
• filla = daughter

This is the normal pattern.

Because filla is a feminine singular noun.

Catalan possessives agree with the noun they describe:

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

Since filla is feminine singular, you need meva.

És is the third-person singular form of ser (to be).

Here it means is:

• és a la cuina = is in the kitchen

It matches the subject El got because el got is singular.

So:

• el got ... és = the glass ... is

Here a means in / at / to, depending on context. With locations, Catalan often uses a where English uses in or at.

So:

• a la cuina = in the kitchen

This is very common:

• és a casa = is at home
• és a l’escola = is at school
• és a la cuina = is in the kitchen

Because cuina needs the definite article here.

• la cuina = the kitchen
• a la cuina = in the kitchen

Catalan commonly uses the article with places in this kind of sentence.

Because la meva filla is the subject of vol.

In El got que vol la meva filla:

• el got = the thing wanted
• vol = wants
• la meva filla = the person who wants it

So the meaning is:

• the glass that my daughter wants

Not:

• the glass that wants my daughter

The structure of the relative clause tells you that el got is the object and la meva filla is the subject.

Yes, that is also possible and would mean the same thing: The glass that my daughter wants.

The sentence you were given, El got que vol la meva filla, is simply a very natural Catalan word order. Catalan often allows more flexibility than English in where the subject appears.

So both are understandable, but the version with vol la meva filla sounds very normal.

A careful pronunciation would be approximately:

el got ke bol lə ME-və FEE-yə ez ə lə koo-EE-nə

A few helpful points:

• que sounds like ke
• vol has a v/b sound that is often close to b in many accents
• ll in filla is pronounced like y in many modern varieties
• és has a clear stressed vowel
• cuina has two syllables after the c: cui-na

Pronunciation varies somewhat by region, but this will guide you well.

You can break it down like this:

• El got = noun phrase, the main subject = the glass
• que vol la meva filla = relative clause describing the glass
• és = main verb = is
• a la cuina = place expression = in the kitchen

So the full structure is:

[The glass] [that my daughter wants] [is] [in the kitchen].

That is a very useful pattern in Catalan:

• noun + que
  • clause + ser
    • location

For example:

• El llibre que llegeix el noi és a la taula.
• The book that the boy is reading is on the table.