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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.
or
They were shooting left, right, and all over the place.
Manje fè mikalaw nan fèt la.
There was plenty of food at the party.