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Monday, March 19, 2012
Mandaly, forget koutzam, it's "kout zam" = gunfire, as in "opened fire"
Yes, "kout zam" is about exchanging gunfire.
He opened fire. Li koumanse tire.
Li voye kout zam.
"mikalaw" -- what's that?
ReplyDeleteMikalaw → to be excessive, plentiful, superabundant, swarming, etc...
ReplyDeleteKout zam fè mikalaw.
It was raining bullets.
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They were shooting left, right, and all over the place.
Manje fè mikalaw nan fèt la.
There was plenty of food at the party.