cess, ceste, cestehp

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English Phrase
On yaq cess-te (ceste) wen yahat, "Ipa, lapomos!"	And then, they say, it was just as if someone had told her, "Hey, look at yourself!"
Cess-tehp (cestehp) wen welatpehtahat, etuttemit.	It's as if someone hit her on the head, she cried so hard.
Ntolinuwa cestehp nahaht-te kisamihkit kuhutik, elcokuwepit.	She looks to me as if she has just gotten out of bed, the way her hair is mussed up.
Cess-tehp nemiyuk wolaku nitapesq Mali.	It seems just like yesterday that I saw my friend Mary.