"I speak on the phone with my daughter."
Translation:Parlo al telefono con mia figlia.
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Well, you're not actually speaking on top of the phone, are you? :P You should say you're speaking through the phone, or with it, but you can't because it's idiomatic; the Italian idiom instead is to use "a".
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When referring to direct relatives, in this case your daughter, you do not need to use il, la, etc.
The exception to this however is when the number of relatives is plural. Ex: "Questi sono i miei genitori," translation being "These are my parents."
Mia is my, figlia is daughter. You need to have "mia" go first to place ownership - MY daugher not daughter my.
Also as Ferdinando mentioned above, sul would be "on top of the phone" vs the intended "through the phone" which is an idiomatic - the italian idiom to use is "a" + "L" (article for telefono) = al
Good luck!
Sul and sullo means on the not on top lets get this right people was taught this early in the lessons
because it would sound like "I'm talking to MY daughter and not just somebody's daughter"
Yeah, I don't see the difference there either between "mia figlia" and "figlia mia". I also got stung on the sul/al mistake. Have not mastered using al yet.
Because it would then mean "he/she/it speaks with my daughter" not "I speak..."