My wife and I make up what my cat says. She has "conversations" with us. If we say something to her, she meows back. So we will say things like "what should we make for dinner?" And of course she just says "meow!" And we say, "no, I don't want kibble for dinner. Think of something else." So she again says, "meow!" And we say, "no, I don't want canned wet food either!"