What words does your cat know?

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I have had cats since age 7, but with my current two I've only just picked up on the number of words they know and respond to!
Are they super intelligent (as I suspect 😊) or do your cats know some words too?

Here's the list of what they know:

• their own name
• the other cat's name
• Cat (they know we're talking about them)
• food
• 'feed the cats' - they go crazy when they hear that
• out/outside- they walk straight to the door when they hear that
• Toy - my cat puts her paw on her toy when she hears that
• Bed - just found that one out yesterday

I suppose it's similar to dogs knowing words - but cats are a lot less responsive. Still I'm really impressed by them!

My two seem to understand a few :
Breakfast (morning wet food)
Biscuits
Supper(evening wet food)
Kisses (one of them licks or nibbles our noses)
Show Me...he will walk me over to back door, or food bowl, depending what he wants)
Bed
Garden
Their names
Also they are both trained to jump down onto our shoulders from height - useful if they get stuck on the shed roof!
They are very social smart cats!

I'm sure they understand pretty much everything except "no!" and "get down!" but choose not to - unless it's in their interest to do so 😽

My 4 have gathered round me and are just staring at me as in their eyes it's already supper time (it's far too early!) and I'm slacking by not paying them enough attention and looking at my phone.

Our cats know about as much of human language as I know of theirs:

Feed me. NOW.

I'm not budging from this chair.

Gerroff.

Open the door, I want to go out, but don't go far because I want to come in again in a minute.

I am displeased.

Tickle me under the chin please. No not there... there.

You call that food? I don't like that food - give me different food.

Their names
Food
Treat
Dreamies
Chicken
Cheese
"Come on then"
"Time for your medication"

Mines a maine coon so he acts more like a dog.
I just say " post" and he sits at the letter box.. waiting for the post then brings it to me.
He knows " down" meaning off the bed/ sofa.. when I'm cleaning or changing bed.
Other words are .
Who's here? He goes to the door.
Tea time.
Brush time.
Cuddle time.
I also say where's my Grandsons name and he goes looking for him .
He is 11 months old.( cat not my Grandson)

Oh, they also know:

Biscuits
Breakfast
Dinner (or dindins)
Lunch

So basically every possible word for food 🙄

“Lay down” 🐈‍⬛

Her name
cat
dreamies
biscuits
outside
basket

Mine sometimes respond to their names, apart from that opening a dreamies packet is the only thing they pay any attention too

One of them can hear that from all the way upstairs even when he's alseep!

They know a lot more than they let on. They just choose to ignore most of it.

I think they understand a lot.
But only respond selectively.
Lick-e-lix? and 'do you want some fish' usually gets a yowl.

I twice told the late Mavic to go and find Cheddar, in the garden. And she did. Cheddar knew lots of words. I don't think Penelope does though.

Biscuits
Pouchy (wet food)
Chicken
OK then (my partner will say when he's not moving so she can sit on his lap)
Out (if naughty, but she'll walk to her cat flap and turn last minute to not go out).

Well yes, I think you might be right!

Our cat is bilingual. 🤣

DH has taught him sit, come here and paw all in Italian.

He's more like a dog really!

My cat understands her
Name
Dinner
No
Get down
She also meows 'now' when she wants her dinner😂

I think my cat understands everything, he just never lets on…
<inscrutable>

His name. Maybe. My cat is very dim. My dog, on the other hand, understands an astonishing number of words and people's names! Dh only had cats as a kid, and thought cats were cleverer than dogs until we got a dog!

Dreamies 🤣🤣

When you say she understands ‘get down’ - how do you know? My cat may well understand it (along with ‘please stop pointing your bum at everyone on my Teams call’) but chooses to ignore

Their names
Snacks
Brushes: I stand by the chair with brush and Cat One and Two take turns to hop up
Come on
When they hear the garage door opening they go to the door to greet whoever is coming home. If it’s visitors, Cat Two and Three run upstairs.

Their name
Down
Come to Mummy
Food
Dreamies
Possibly cheese as well.

His name
Food
Cuddle
Dreamies
Milky (a cat milk drink)
Tummy tickle (which he hates)
Raining (which he hates even more)
Mummy

His name
My dd name
the other cat's name
sit (and does sit down)
paw (and hands his paw over)
Other paw
Lie down
Up (on back legs for a treat)
Treats
Breakfast
Dinner
No
Come
Snuggle time
Lick-y-licks

My cat recognises :

His name (and variations of it!).

Are you hungry?

NO (when trying to jump on kitchen side)

Get down (when he's managed to jump on the kitchen side).

Do you want to go out?

Bed.