Passive knowledge
Passive knowledge or passive knowledge means to own that you can not explain or say something when one is asked, however, recognize when you hear or see. When asked about it, you might not be able to write it down, but you would choose the right one from a multiple choice list, for example . In contrast to passive knowledge , there is active knowledge , which is permanently and constantly available.
Understand languages passively
Understanding a language passively means that one cannot express oneself, but that there is reading and / or listening comprehension .
Many people passively understand other languages, especially when the languages in question have the same origin, even if they cannot speak or write a word of it (e.g. Italian, Spanish and French, all of which are derived from Latin ).