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[brown_betty]

What do you say to dogs in other languages?

Like, obviously, you can say whatever you want to dogs, that's part of their charm, but specifically what you say to a dog in English is "Good dog!"

What do you say in other languages?

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[thornsilver]

Russian:

"khoroshiy pyos", if the dog is male, and usually not applied to small dogs, "khoroshaya sobaka" to any dog.

[brown_betty]

Does it mean 'good' in the same way? Google translate is baffled.

[thornsilver]

Totally the same.

[gokuma]

Polish:

"dobry pies" ("dobry" = "good", "pies" = "dog")

:)

[brown_betty]

It's interesting that, at least in English, there's no one thing you say to cats. Cats are presumed to be uninterested in your feedback.

[thornsilver]

The first thought I had is that you would tell the cat that he/she is beautiful... But I have actually been calling my cat "beautiful boy" in Russian, so...