Abans de decidir, vull tornar a veure el menú.

Abans de means before.

So:

• abans = before
• de decidir = deciding / to decide

Together, Abans de decidir means Before deciding.

In Catalan, after abans de, you normally use an infinitive if the subject stays general or is understood:

• Abans de sortir = Before leaving
• Abans de menjar = Before eating
• Abans de decidir = Before deciding

If you want to say before I decide more explicitly, Catalan can also use a different structure, but in everyday language abans de + infinitive is extremely common.

Because after abans de, Catalan usually uses the infinitive.

So you get:

• abans de decidir = before deciding
• not abans de decideixo

This is similar to English before deciding, not before I decide in structure, even though both may translate naturally depending on context.

Vull means I want.

It comes from the verb voler = to want.

Here is part of the present tense:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell/ella vol = he/she wants
• nosaltres volem = we want
• vosaltres voleu = you all want
• ells/elles volen = they want

So:

• vull tornar a veure el menú = I want to see the menu again

Yes, tornar by itself often means to return or to come back.

But tornar a + infinitive is a very common Catalan structure meaning to do something again.

So:

• tornar a veure = to see again
• tornar a llegir = to read again
• tornar a provar = to try again

In this sentence:

• vull tornar a veure el menú = I want to see the menu again

This is one of the most useful patterns in Catalan.

Because the full pattern is:

tornar a + infinitive

That a is required in this structure.

Examples:

• He tornat a trucar. = I called again.
• Podem tornar a començar. = We can start again.
• Vull tornar a veure el menú. = I want to see the menu again.

So the a is not optional here.

Good question. Veure and mirar are related, but they are not the same.

• veure = to see
• mirar = to look at

In this sentence, veure fits because the idea is to see the menu again or to have another look at it.

Catalan often uses veure in cases where English might also say look at:

• Vull veure el menú = I want to see the menu
• Deixa’m veure = Let me see

You could sometimes hear mirar el menú too, but veure el menú is very natural here.

Catalan uses the definite article more often than English.

So el menú literally means the menu, but in English we might naturally say either:

• I want to see the menu again
• I want to see the menu once more
• sometimes even just I want to see a menu again, depending on context

In Catalan, if both speakers know which menu is meant, el menú is the normal choice.

This is very common in Catalan and other Romance languages.

The comma separates the introductory phrase from the main clause.

So the sentence has two parts:

• Abans de decidir, = Before deciding,
• vull tornar a veure el menú. = I want to see the menu again.

This comma helps readability and is very natural in writing when a sentence begins with a phrase like this.

Yes, Catalan word order is flexible, though the original version is very natural.

The given sentence:

• Abans de decidir, vull tornar a veure el menú.

You could also say:

• Vull tornar a veure el menú abans de decidir.

That means essentially the same thing: I want to see the menu again before deciding.

The version with Abans de decidir at the beginning gives that idea more emphasis.

Then you would use the direct object pronoun el = it.

So:

• Vull tornar a veure el menú. becomes
• El vull tornar a veure.

This literally means It I want to see again, but in proper English: I want to see it again.

You may also hear:

• Vull tornar-lo a veure.

This is also correct, though with veure, many speakers prefer el vull tornar a veure in some contexts. Catalan clitic placement can vary depending on the structure, so this is a topic learners usually meet gradually.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• vull sounds approximately like bool or vool, depending on accent
• tornar = tohr-NAR
• a = a short ah
• veure is often pronounced roughly VEW-reh or BEW-reh, depending on dialect

A few notes:

• ll in modern Catalan is often pronounced similarly to a plain l sound, especially for many learners’ purposes.
• v and b are pronounced the same in most Catalan varieties.
• eu in veure is a diphthong-like sound that may feel unfamiliar at first.

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away; the key is recognizing the structure.

The accent in menú shows where the stress goes.

• menú is stressed on the last syllable: me-NÚ

Without the accent, the stress rules would suggest a different pronunciation.

This is one of many Catalan written accents that help indicate stress and sometimes vowel quality.

Yes, completely natural.

A Catalan speaker could easily say this in a restaurant or café when choosing food:

• Abans de decidir, vull tornar a veure el menú.

It sounds polite, clear, and idiomatic.

Very similar everyday alternatives would be:

• Abans de decidir, vull mirar el menú una altra vegada.
• Vull tornar a veure el menú abans de decidir.

But the original sentence is already excellent, natural Catalan.