Does your cat (or any cat) know words?

[Judystilldreamsofhorses]

My DP says cats do not understand words, just tone of voice/voices they know. I think our cat definitely knows the following words, and he is wrong.

Her name
Dinner
Outside
Garden
Little num (what we call a treat)
No
In or out
Bye bye (if she has an inkling for staying in the garden at bedtime, bye bye is the final word that has her dashing in)
Sit (I have trained her to sit on command, using little nums. I grew up with dogs.)

Does your cat know words?

My car knows

Hello
Tea time
Breakfast
Blankie
Ham
Bedtime

Well, I am sure mine know their names and 'play' and 'Dreamies'. However, I have also learnt some of their rich, non-verbal communication. This includes:

Paw tentatively raised above my knee = 'Can I sit here?'

Paw gently pressing my hand down = 'No more stroking please'.

Short trill at my bedside = 'Good morning/Get up'.

Slow blinks = we're friends.

Instant reaction to objects of reference - running away as soon as they see flea treatments, excitement when pouches of cat food appear, evacuating the room when the vacuum cleaner comes out.

Lots of leading behaviour e.g. to toys, to food bowl, to the door and so on.

Knocking laser toy from table = I want to play with this.

Overtly flirtatious behaviour from our female cat who has endometriosis (despite being spayed) to any male = who knows what!

I was brought up on a farm and our sheepdogs knew a huge range of verbal commands and whistles, and I would never underestimate the intelligence of a dog and its capacity for trained response. Cats, however, train us

She knows her name, the word No (if I say no to getting on the sofa because I'm eating or something she will meow and then walk off to her bed instead lol), I think she may even know sit lol

(Xname) out! He comes flying into the kitchen because it normally means next doors cat has seeked in and is pinching his food!. Poor X has been chased out many times by dcat.