Hi, I’m Takaya Suzuki. I am a translator from Japan.
How would you say “I have a cat” in Japanese? Today, let’s take a look at how we can say “I have a cat” in Japanese. 今日は “I have a cat” を日本語でどう言うか見ていきます。
“I have a cat” in Japanese would be “猫を飼っています”
“I have a cat” in Japanese would be “猫を飼っています”.
「猫を飼っています」
“I have a cat.”
“飼(か)って” is the て-form of the verb “飼う”, which means to own an animal.
“猫を飼っています” means “I have a cat.”
You can say “猫を飼っています” whether you have just one cat or more than one cat.
If you want to be more specific, you can say something like:
猫を1匹飼っています (I have a cat)
猫を2匹飼っています (I have two cats)
猫を3匹飼っています (I have three cats)
Phrases related to “I have a cat” in Japanese
“I have a cat” in Japanese would be “猫を飼っています”. Now, let’s take a look at some phrases related to “I have a cat” in Japanese.
When you count cats or dogs, you use the counter “匹”.
1匹 (いっぴき)
2匹 (にひき)
3匹 (さんびき)
4匹 (よんひき)
5匹 (ごひき)
6匹 (ろっぴき)
7匹 (ななひき)
8匹 (はっぴき)
9匹 (きゅうひき)
10匹 (じゅっぴき)
11匹 (じゅういっぴき)
12匹 (じゅうにひき)
13匹 (じゅうさんびき)
14匹 (じゅうよんひき)
15匹 (じゅうごひき)
16匹 (じゅうろっぴき)
17匹 (じゅうななひき)
18匹 (じゅうはっぴき)
19匹 (じゅうきゅうひき)
20匹 (にじゅっぴき)
How was it? Today, we took a look at how we could say “I have a cat” in Japanese. 今日は “I have a cat” の日本語での言い方をご紹介しました。
ありがとうございました！
