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Can someone please translate this?

GoldCoinLover

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24 May 2004
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I said I am terrible at japanese and this person said this:

漢字を知ってるからスゴイ!!


Is he saying because he knows a kanji he is terrible? or does mean terrible or good? スゴイ
 
Yeah.
You said to him you're terrible at Japanese, right?
He meant, 'But still, I'm impressed, because you know kanji!'
If he said でも、漢字を知ってるからスゴイ!, it might have been easier for you to see he was referring to you, I guess.

We drop subject(who, I, You, etc.) very often(or in almost all cases) in a casual conversation, so if you are not sure who the other person is referring to, you could ask them 'Who? Me? or You?'
I sometimes do that myself, when I can't guess from their face expressions, tone of voice and whatnot...

Btw, I guess you're mixing up Sugoi with Hidoi...
Sugoi means, good, cool, amazing, awesome etc.

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What Glenn says is 100% true, but I should mention that すごい can mean "terrible," but most of the time, すごい does not have a negative connotation.

"Bad" words can be used with a non-negative connotation in English too:
She looks awfully happy.
 
"That's one bad mutha!"
"That dude's one sick player!"
"She's so smart it's stupid."

Or, combining, "that dude's one sick mutha!" :)

Sorry, just wanted to play around a little. 😌
 
What Glenn says is 100% true, but I should mention that すごい can mean "terrible," but most of the time, すごい does not have a negative connotation.

"Bad" words can be used with a non-negative connotation in English too:
She looks awfully happy.

Sometimes in seemingly self-contradictory ways.

"She's pretty ugly; but she's awfully nice".
 
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