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My Cat Only Understand English

Posted by preaxz • 3/16/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: cat, english, honey bear

WHOA!

I'm an Indonesian, I've been trying to hard to control my Honey Bear cat, and of course I'm using Bahasa Indonesia.

And it was useless ...

I now able to control my cat, and it can be done by speaking in English to it

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3/16/09

samureyed

Weird...

My cat only understands loud shouting and rolled up magazines.. I guess we cant have it all..

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3/16/09

Stillthinking

I don't understand, did you adopt your cat from an English speaking household?

Most cats have very limited understanding anyway. They mostly respond to tone of voice. Some recognize their name and certain words if it's associated with reward. For example, my cat (by the way, most animals do not understand more than one or two syllables at a time: this is true for dogs and cats. Therefore, animals should have very simple names and any commands you teach them should be a single, simple word) knows her name, no, down, and good girl.

Maybe that is why your cat seems to react to English rather than Indonesian. Is Indonesian a very complex language?

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3/16/09

preaxz

No, I adopt it from a regular Indonesian speaking family. That's why I feel it's strange too.

But that's what really happened ...

Well, Indonesian Language is not too complex I guess, when it come to short command words, like ...

sit = duduk
stop = berhenti

etc

Maybe my cat sense the tones better when I speak in English.
I feel that too ...

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3/17/09

idealpinkrose

wow! Your cat must be a foreigner, then. My dog can understand both Korean and English.

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3/17/09

gentledove

It's because he thinks you are Prince Charles

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3/17/09

CelebrityIcePop

My cat thought it was a dog. But that's ok.

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3/17/09

ThriftShopRomantic

The fact that your cat listens to you in any language is impressive. Cats are known for skilfully ignoring even the most well-meaning humans.

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3/17/09

suhaili7552

I'm malaysian and i'm using malay to call out my cats. Most of them understand me. Most of them understand my body language. Guess that they don't have any language at all. Just hear the tone of your voice and body language.

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8/05/09

Mariya

Mine is understand both, English and Ukrainian

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8/05/09

stellak

I speak to my cats in spanish

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