The language is Fa d'Ambu - a West African Portuguese-lexifier creole,
spoken & not yet written on the island of Annobo'n.
>se amu sxa ma xa mavida-syi
CONJ 1stPP TMA take FOC suffering-DEM
and I suffered so much
>se... amu tyila poxodulu
until 1stPP turn adult
until I grew up
>amu ga geza ku panu amu ga skuela ku panu
1stPP TMA church with rag 1stPP TMA school with rag
I went to church in rags, I went to school in rags
>na sa mavida-syi-f
NEG COPULA suffering-DEM-NEG
it was a real hard life
>xadyi no xata-e sa xa tudyia.
house 1stPLU live-ADV COPULA (some)thing old
the house that we live in is very old
>a ska fe wan xadyi da na-namay.
3GEN TMA make ART house give ART-family
they were building a house for the family
TMA => Tense/Mood/Aspect marker, or particle
the word compound for car is _xa-xole-san_ (literally "thing-run-ground")
interesting language