La meva mare està tan cansada que vol dormir aviat.

In Catalan, possessives are very often used together with the definite article.

So:

• la meva mare = my mother
• literally, it looks like the my mother, but that is normal in Catalan

This is one of the biggest differences from English. English usually says just my mother, but Catalan commonly says la meva mare.

That said, there are some contexts where the article may be omitted, but for a basic sentence like this, la meva mare is the standard form to learn.

Meva means my, but Catalan possessives change form to agree with the noun they describe.

Here, mare is:

• feminine
• singular

So the possessive must also be feminine singular:

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

So meu is the masculine singular form, and meva is the feminine singular form.

Catalan, like Spanish, has two common verbs for to be:

• ser → used for identity, essential characteristics, origin, etc.
• estar → used for states, conditions, location, and situations

In this sentence, cansada (tired) is a temporary state, so Catalan uses estar:

• La meva mare està cansada = My mother is tired

Using és cansada would sound unnatural in standard Catalan for this meaning.

Està is the third-person singular present form of estar.

So:

• jo estic = I am
• tu estàs = you are
• ell/ella està = he/she is

Since la meva mare is she, the sentence uses està.

Adjectives in Catalan usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

Since mare is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• cansat = tired, masculine singular
• cansada = tired, feminine singular

Compare:

• El meu pare està cansat = My father is tired
• La meva mare està cansada = My mother is tired

Tan ... que means so ... that.

In this sentence:

• tan cansada que = so tired that

It is a very common structure in Catalan:

• Està tan cansada que vol dormir = She is so tired that she wants to sleep

You can use the same pattern with many adjectives:

• És tan alt que toca el sostre = He is so tall that he touches the ceiling
• Estic tan ocupat que no puc sortir = I am so busy that I can’t go out

Catalan often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb form already makes the subject clear.

So instead of saying:

• ella vol dormir

Catalan very naturally says just:

• vol dormir

Because the subject is already understood from the previous part of the sentence: la meva mare.

This is very common in Catalan. English usually needs the pronoun, but Catalan often does not.

Vol is the third-person singular present form of voler, which means to want.

So:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell/ella vol = he/she wants

In this sentence:

• vol dormir = wants to sleep

After voler (to want), Catalan normally uses a direct infinitive, without a preposition.

So:

• vol dormir = wants to sleep
• vull menjar = I want to eat
• volen marxar = they want to leave

This is similar to English want to sleep, but Catalan does not insert an extra word like a here.

Aviat usually means soon or early, depending on context.

In this sentence, dormir aviat most naturally means:

• to go to sleep early or
• to sleep early

So the idea is that the mother is tired and wants to go to bed earlier than usual.

This is a useful word to learn because it appears often in everyday Catalan:

• Fins aviat = See you soon
• Arribaré aviat = I’ll arrive soon

In Catalan, adverbs like aviat often come after the verb or verb phrase.

So:

• dormir aviat = to sleep early / to go to sleep early

This word order is very natural. English also often places early after the verb:

• go to bed early

You may sometimes see adverbs in other positions for emphasis, but vol dormir aviat is the normal, straightforward order.

Those are possible in certain varieties or styles, but they are not the standard beginner form here.

For most learners, the safest pattern is:

• la meva mare

A few notes:

• la mare meva can sound emphatic, poetic, or dialectal depending on context
• ma mare is used in some dialects and registers, but it is less universal for beginners

So if you want the standard form that works well everywhere, use la meva mare.

Yes. The sentence describes a current condition:

• She is so tired that she wants to sleep early

That is exactly why it uses:

• estar for the state
• cansada as a description of how she feels right now
• present tense forms like està and vol

So the sentence sounds like a present, real, immediate situation, not a permanent fact about the mother.