Do You Think Cats Can Understand You?

AS well as simple commands and word recognition, I think cats have a great intuitive understanding, as do many animals.

I believe domesticated cats understand basic "training" words but that's about it. I think dogs understand more than cats do about us. I think they can tell if we're not feeling well sometimes.

Cats are self-serving while humans are always looking for that special bond. I love cats but if I wanted closer companionship I would get a dog.

I think that cats cannot understand your words but they maybe can get your motion.

I don't know. I'd like to think kitty understood at least a little of what I say when I'm talking to myself/her. I doubt that they truly understand much... Just a few basic words in training. My kitty would come when I called her or whistled, and she understood the word treat, but beyond that, I doubt she had much grasp of the English language. Lol. I always thought that it was interesting though, that she would come running if she heard me crying, and would nuzzle me when I was sad... Almost as if she knew...

Yes they definately can. They can wind you around their little paws if they want to.

I did talk to my cat! He was lonely and i sat next to him. Then i told him i was going to play on the computer.  
I told Inky to wiggle his ears once if he understood.He did it! I'm only nine!

We went to the vet last mo with 1 of our 2 cats buffy and she was half her weight she was the visit she had before .he told us if she lost 3 more lbs she could die .when we got home we picked her up and told her this out loud to her and ever since then , she has had more than 3 trips back to the bowl on ea meal ,breakfast and dinner .

Cats are among the most mystical creatures on this earth. They were worshiped as gods by different societies , most well known of these the Egyptians. They are associated with magic and are renowned as witches familiars. Even t Rex alias Marc bolan, sang about them in his hit song ride a white swan. The lyric was , put a black cat on your pillow and in the morning he will know all that you know. When you look into their eyes you can feel them reading you. Sometimes its as though they are too good for you and they choose to snub you by ignoring you. So i would be surprised if they had hidden powers and a deep understanding of us mere mortals.

I call my cat to snuggle, and if he feels up to it, he comes on over. Both my cats know their names. If they're yowling for food, and I tell them to just wait a moment, they stop and wait by their dish.

My cats have both saved my life, without any training, command, or anything. I like that they are independent creatures, relying more on intuition than extensive training. And who else would eat that pesky little troll that sneaks in and tries to eat my spirit?

I have trained horses, parrots, llamas, dogs and cats.

As pack animals, most of these species are hard-wired to picking up on the sounds and body language of their pack --once upon  a time for their very survival.

A cat is different and most people simply are not intuitive enough to notice and work with that subtle difference. However, if treated according to their needs and with deference to their fears as both predator and prey animals, and with empathic and true love-- I have found them easily trainable to come, roll over, jump in and out of things or to my arms on command, as well as much more complex behaviors such as sliding upside down a tube into my hands with total trust. A trusting cat loves a belly scratch, too, like any dog.

Dogs are a cake walk of butt-kissing trainability by nature. But most people just don't care enough, or are not smart enough to have that sort of special bond with an animal like a cat. It you can't it is not your fault any more than it is the feline's. You both simply have limited mental facilities to work with. No insult intended, simple truth.

I think my cat understands me because she looks at me when i say stuff to her.

Cats can learn to understand some words quite well, maybe not quite as well as dogs. However, almost any animal we have contact with is better at reading body language than we are. Maybe this is because we rely on vocal language so much now, that we have lost that ability to some extent.
I think your cat perceives that you are trying to communicate, although it won't understand the words or concepts, but it will understand your mood very well, maybe even better than you do yourself. This is why animals are being used in therapies for people with problems so much now.