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Unfortunately I'd say no to the idea. Itd be ok being able to read their emotions and discern some minor details from that. It'd be like a pet dog, after a while you start to get an idea of their personality and who they are. So while you won't understand what they are saying as in human words, you could understand their emotional state etc.
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I've got ways around this. Plus understanding pokemon is fairly easy. they have enough intelligence to be able to communicate on a higher level than an actual pet, they just have a speech impediment most of the time. If you can understand the context behind "I am Groot", you can understand pokemon. I just never understood how the people in pokemon don't understand that. I'll work with a sheet and see if I can think of something. Plus Psychic type.