As part of Māori week, I took part in a survey. Can you do this? Can you do that? How many songs do you know? Can you introduce yourself? And so on and so forth.
One question asked how many words (in Māori) that you know? It's not so easy to answer.
You see, levels of knowledge are involved.
You may know a word when you read it. You need the time. You may recognize it in context, but it's harder to recognize it alone. The same applies to recognizing it spoken i.e. stand-alone, or in a sentence. How much of a pause do you need? Can you recognize it as part of a streaming text? Can you recognize it in a conversation, when your attention is divided?
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