What do Japanese say when they call their pet cats/dogs?

Question

We sometimes say in English,

Hey kitty come over here.

Do they say,

CatChan iku yo...

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '15 at 14:03

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We call our pets by their (nick)names most of the time.

[ The pet's name (+ chan to show extra affection)］、こっちおいで。([...], kocchi oide.)

You can replace the name with generic terms like 猫ちゃん(neko-chan; kitty) and ワンちゃん(wan-chan; doggy) if you don't know what they are called.

行くよ(iku yo) means "let's go", by the way.

answered Dec 18 '15 at 14:03

goldbrick

That's a great answer plus some new learning. arigato. – Rod Maniego Dec 18 '15 at 14:12

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