Abans de la classe, vull repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts a casa.

In Catalan, abans usually means before, but when it is followed by a noun or an infinitive, it normally takes de.

• abans de la classe = before class
• abans de sortir = before leaving

So in this sentence, abans de la classe is the natural way to say before the class / before class.

Catalan often uses the definite article where English does not. So la classe is perfectly normal here.

• abans de la classe = before class / before the lesson
• després de la feina = after work

English often drops the article in these expressions, but Catalan usually keeps it.

Vull means I want. It is the 1st person singular form of voler.

Catalan verb endings usually show who the subject is, so the subject pronoun is often omitted:

• vull = I want
• vols = you want
• vol = he/she wants

You can say jo vull for emphasis, but in a neutral sentence vull is enough.

After voler (to want), Catalan normally uses another verb in the infinitive, just like English:

• vull repassar = I want to review
• vull llegir = I want to read

So:

• vull repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts
  = I want to review the lesson and read the notes

This is a very common structure: voler + infinitive.

Because one vull can govern both infinitives:

• vull repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts

This means:

• I want to review the lesson and read the notes

Catalan, like English, does not need to repeat want to before the second verb unless you want special emphasis.

They are related, but not identical.

• estudiar = to study
• repassar = to review, go over again

So repassar la lliçó suggests looking again at material already learned or covered, not studying it for the first time.

Lliçó means lesson.

The letter ç is called ce trencada. It represents an s sound, not a k sound. So lliçó is pronounced with an s sound at the end part, roughly like lli-SO.

A useful comparison:

• caça = hunt / hunting
• braç = arm
• lliçó = lesson

The ç appears before a, o, u to keep the soft s sound.

Catalan often uses the definite article with nouns in general contexts where English may omit it.

• llegir els apunts = read the notes

Here, els apunts refers to specific notes, probably the student’s class notes. Using the article sounds natural.

Also, apunts is plural because notes in this sense is normally plural in Catalan too.

Yes. Apunts usually means notes, especially study notes or class notes.

Examples:

• prendre apunts = to take notes
• els apunts de classe = class notes

So llegir els apunts means reading over your written notes.

A casa is a fixed, very common expression meaning at home or home.

• som a casa = we are at home
• vaig a casa = I’m going home

If you say a la casa, that usually means to the house or at the house, referring to a specific building rather than the general idea of home.

So here:

• llegir els apunts a casa = read the notes at home

In this sentence, a casa most naturally goes with the whole action, especially the second part, but it can be understood as the location for both activities.

So the overall idea is:

• Before class, I want to review the lesson and read the notes at home.

If a speaker wanted to make it absolutely clear that at home applies to both verbs, they might still use the same sentence, because the meaning is already natural from context.

Yes. Catalan allows some flexibility in word order.

This version puts the time expression first:

• Abans de la classe, vull repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts a casa.

That emphasizes when the action happens.

You could also say:

• Vull repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts a casa abans de la classe.

That is also correct, but it places the time phrase at the end instead of the beginning.

Normally, no. Catalan keeps i as i even before words beginning with i or another vowel.

So:

• repassar la lliçó i llegir els apunts

is completely normal.

This is different from Spanish, where y can become e in some cases. Catalan does not usually make that change.