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Do you have a cat? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

English Translation:

Cat: Do you have a cat?

Girl: No.

Cat: Now you have one!

Girl: And that's how I got a cat.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

you're right of course, and for me the first panel the sentence sounds correct, but not the last one, where she's already refering to her cat which is a cat like "gato" only. Maybe not the same asking if you have any car, any boyfriend or any cat as opposed to saying that now you have a cat, which should go with the "a" before. Unless the cat is called "Cat" ๐Ÿ˜…

I'm not a linguistic and cannot argue the why properly, but the sentence in last panel is definitely off