Ko te āhei o te tangata ki te kapo māramatanga i te reo, ki te whakaputa hoki i ōna whakaaro. Ka whai wāhi atu ko te puna kupu o te tangata, ko te whānui o ngā hanganga kōrero me ngā kīanga o te reo e mōhio ana ia.
The ability of a person to gain understanding from language, and to express their thoughts. This includes a person's vocabulary and the breadth of their knowledge of different sentence constructions and expressions.
Pēhea nei tana matatau ki te pānui?
Ko ia pea te tauira o te matatau hei whaitanga mā ēnei ākonga.
He tangata matatau ia ki ngā reo e toru nei, te Māori, te Ingarihi me te reo turi.