La meva filla vol portar la samarreta verda a la festa.

In Catalan, possessives are usually used with a definite article:

• la meva filla = my daughter
• el meu pare = my father
• les nostres amigues = our friends

So unlike English, Catalan normally says the my daughter structurally, even though in English we just say my daughter.

There are a few special cases where the article may be omitted, but for a basic sentence like this, la meva filla is the normal form.

This is a very common Catalan structure:

• vol = wants
• portar = to wear / to carry / to bring

So vol portar means wants to wear here.

Catalan often uses a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive, just like English:

• vull menjar = I want to eat
• podem anar = we can go
• vol portar = she wants to wear

Only the first verb is conjugated here; the second stays in the infinitive.

Yes. Portar can mean several related things, including:

• to carry
• to bring
• to wear

In this sentence, because the object is la samarreta verda and the context is clothing, portar means to wear.

Examples:

• Porto una motxilla = I’m carrying / wearing a backpack
• Porta vi a la festa = He/She brings wine to the party
• Porta una samarreta verda = He/She is wearing a green T-shirt

So the exact meaning depends on context.

In Catalan, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• la samarreta verda = the green T-shirt
• el cotxe blau = the blue car
• la casa gran = the big house

Putting the adjective before the noun is sometimes possible, but it usually sounds more literary, emphatic, or changes the nuance. For everyday description, noun + adjective is the normal pattern.

Yes. They agree with the noun they describe.

The key noun is filla, which is feminine singular, so you get:

• la = feminine singular article
• meva = feminine singular possessive

And samarreta is also feminine singular, so:

• la samarreta
• verda

Catalan uses grammatical agreement much more visibly than English. If the noun changed, these words would change too.

For example:

• el meu fill = my son
• la meva filla = my daughter
• la samarreta verda = the green T-shirt
• els pantalons verds = the green trousers

Because samarreta is feminine singular, the adjective must agree with it.

Basic pattern:

• masculine singular: verd
• feminine singular: verda
• masculine plural: verds
• feminine plural: verdes

So:

• el jersei verd
• la samarreta verda
• els pantalons verds
• les faldilles verdes

Not all adjectives follow exactly the same pattern, but this is a very common one.

It means to the party in the sense of the event she wants to wear it to.

So the idea is:

• vol portar la samarreta verda a la festa = she wants to wear the green T-shirt to / at the party

Catalan often uses a where English might say to, at, or another preposition depending on context.

Here:

• a la = to the / at the
• festa = party

Because festa is feminine singular, a + la festa stays a la festa.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral and natural.

Neutral order:

• La meva filla vol portar la samarreta verda a la festa.

You could move things around for emphasis, for example:

• A la festa, la meva filla vol portar la samarreta verda.
• La samarreta verda, la meva filla la vol portar a la festa.

But those versions add emphasis or sound less neutral. For a learner, the original sentence is the best model to follow.

Yes, but it would mean something slightly different.

• portar = to wear, focusing on having the clothing on
• posar-se = to put on, focusing on the action of dressing

So:

• La meva filla vol portar la samarreta verda a la festa = she wants to wear the green T-shirt to the party
• La meva filla es vol posar la samarreta verda per a la festa = she wants to put on the green T-shirt for the party

Both are useful, but they are not exactly the same.

In standard Catalan, ll is usually pronounced like the sound lli in million for many English speakers, though exact pronunciation varies by dialect.

So filla sounds roughly like:

• FEE-lya

A few pronunciation notes:

• fi- sounds like fee
• -lla is the special ll sound + a

Also:

• samarreta is roughly sa-ma-RE-ta
• verda is roughly BER-da or VER-da depending on how you approximate it

As always, dialects differ, but that gives a good starting point.

There actually is a similar structure, but Catalan does it without an extra word like English to.

English:

• wants to wear

Catalan:

• vol portar

After a verb like voler (to want), Catalan simply puts the next verb in the infinitive:

• vol menjar = wants to eat
• vol anar = wants to go
• vol portar = wants to wear

So the infinitive itself does the job that English expresses with to + verb.