We just learned that to ask if someone speaks Italian you say Parli italiano?.
To say dog in Italian, you say cane and it sounds like kah-nay /?/
To say cat in Italian, you say gatto and it sounds like gah-toh /?/
(from: wikipedia - accademia della crusca)
To say it in German:
Hunt, Katze
To say it in Spanish:
perro, gato
To say it in French:
chien, chat