"我的男朋友爱猫。"
Translation:My boyfriend loves cats.
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‘们’ can be used as a plural for all people. 孩子们, 学生们, 男朋友们。i have also seen it used with rabbits and birds as a plural, so presumably it works with cats as well (presuming the need to specify the plural)
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Grammatically, in english, you'd have to say 'a cat' with the indefinite article, or - and this is the more natural way of natives saying it - 'cats' in the plural. When you make general statements about what you like or love, we use the plural if the noun is a countable one. E.g. i love porcelain bowls, i like birds, etc. But: i love islamic architecture.
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I put my boyfriend loves cat, and it's wrong. How do we know the cat is plural or not? ❤❤❤
does it have to be cats in plural form.. Just "cat " could mean in general, why it cant be considered correct? anyway only the boyfriend has an action here , the word loves.. I answered , My boyfriend loves cat.. and its wrong .. while there isnt a numerical indicators on how many cats it should be..
That's just how we say things in English. If a noun is countable then we express general opinions/feelings about those things with the plural. For example, "my son likes cars", "my sister hates mosquitoes", "my father likes ostriches", "my boyfriend likes cats".
On the other hand if it is something that is not countable... "my brother likes beer", "my mother hates music", "my daughter loves fashion".
So, if you say "my boyfriend likes cat" then it sounds like you're saying he likes to eat cat meat, which is not countable. If he does then I'm not judging, but just make sure that that's what you want to say.
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How the 'my boyfriend loves cats' could be correct? It itself has grammatical mistake.
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To like cat, it doesn't need to be plural, rather if it is possession then Cats would be appropriate.