Oct 10, 2007 #3 K. katz4life TCS Member. Iâm not saying cats will sit through Shakespeare; heck, I know people who donât want to sit through Shakespeare. My vet tells me that cats can understand up to about 100 English words. valeriebelew (author) from Metro Atlanta, GA, USA on July 30, 2010: Some cat breeds are known for that, eternal evolution. Cats "understand" meaning, tones, vibes, connections (i.e., you say some word, dinner, for instance) and when the cat hears it and associates it gets fed it shows up but that doesn't mean it ⦠But I have also seen my cats act in ways which indicate that they appreciate, and somewhat understand, explanations. After observing pet cats for several years, he's come to an intriguing conclusion: They don't really understand us the way dogs do. No, not all cats understand English. Humans have a special relationship with house pets, and a full 62 percent claim that their pets understand the words that they speak [source: USA Today].While there's no way to know exactly how much Fido gets what you're saying, scientists have proven that some dogs, apes and even dolphins can understand spoken language. This makes talking to our cats into a powerful training tool. Many pet owners talk to their companion animals, but whether or not they understand what you are saying is another thing. My cats know when I am happy, sad, angry, ect. Well, same question for cat owners in Spain, do cats understand Spanish? Learn how to recognize cat language basics, and figure out the most common combinations, to understand what your cat is saying to you and to the other pets in your family. Researchers attached small video cameras to cats and let them run around for a few weeks, then downloaded the data. Yes, cats DO understand English, or any other language they are brought up around. 0 0. busybee26. 1 decade ago. It's common knowledge that dogs have the capacity to understand a variety of words, but do cats possess the same ability? Dogs do not understand English or any other human-created language. When it comes to cats, the answer is yes, with a ⦠Joined Jul 24, 2007 Messages 3,667 Reaction score 2. One might say they are multi-lingual! Whatever language is most commonly spoken around any household, an animal will learn to understand. German cats only know German and so on. They also have words for us. I do not own cats..I am allergic to their hairs but my friend does so I will alert her. Cats speak by using complex combinations of body language, vocalization, and scent cues. Top Cat. I can tell by their behaviour just as you may with another human. My dogs don't respond to hissing, but my cats do. I don't think you could hold a conversation with a cat about how your day went at work or how you need to take your car to get fixed and have them understand you but I do think that cats understand emotion. There are some bi-lingual cats - the ones that live in bi-lingual households but there are not large numbers of them. The International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants' 2015 Feline Behaviour Conference - yes that's a real thing - heard that humans are the problem: we don't understand what cats ⦠The researchers added that after 10,000 years of living with humans, domestic cats have the ability to communicate with us, and, generally speaking, we seem to understand them. They do understand words (or rather, sounds) in any language. They do understand words (or rather, sounds) in any language. Cats understand Spanish the data but I have also seen my cats do just you. Many pet owners talk to their companion animals, but do cats understand Spanish understand words ( rather... 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