kese-kese-la

Updated: May 9, 2025

"I should like to ask you something, if I may," she began; "excuse me, my kinsman Sila Samsonitch makes fun of me and my woman's ignorance." "What is it?" "Supposing one wants to ask in French, 'What is it? must one say 'Kese-kese-kese-la?" "Yes." "And can one also say 'Kese-kese-la? "Yes." "And simply 'Kese-la?" "Yes, that's right." "And does it mean the same thing?" "Yes, it does."

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - Virgin Soil