Can cats understand human words? Cats cannot understand human language, but they can understand human movements and sounds, so they can express their wishes by communicating with humans.
Can cats understand human words? In this regard, the researchers conducted multiple experiments to test the cat's reaction to different nouns/different people calling their own names, and compared the reactions of cats in multi-cat environments and single-cat environments.
Experiment: For families with only 1 or a small number of cats, play 4 unrelated words to the cat, and then play its name. The result was that out of 16 cats, nine of them had significantly more violent reactions when playing their names.
Experiment: In a multi-cat family/cat cafe, can a cat recognize its own name from the names of many cats? It turned out that in a multi-cat family, cats can still recognize their names. But in cat cafes, it seems that cats can't do this.
Experiment: If strangers call their names, can they still understand them? Of the 20 cats tested, 13 responded more to their names.
The experimental results prove that the words the cat says most when interacting with the cat are sure to remember, such as their names, and meals. These words are remembered firmly by cats, and are actually related to the length of time when the cat owner interacts with them. The longer the interaction, the more they are applied, the more solid they remember, such as a scholar opening the door.
To sum up, cats have great learning and imitation abilities, and their memory is not bad. At least they know how to learn and apply them, which means that cats may be able to understand human words.