'plop plop' ?

plop plop, vit vit, prese prese, rapido presto  →  rapidly, swiftly, in no time

Apa w chanje foto w ! (in English)

I noticed you changed your picture.
or
How come you changed your picture?

There is / There are (present, past, future, and others...)

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Bonjou mezanmi!  Kouman nou ye?
Hello!  How are you?


M'espere tout bagay ap mache trè byen.
I hope everything is going very well.

There is / there are
Gen  or genyen

Examples:

Singular

Gen fòs nan tèt ansanm.
Genyen fòs nan tèt ansanm.
There's strength in unity.

Plural
Gen 2 kalite moun nan monn nan...
Genyen 2 kalite moun nan monn nan...
There are two types of people in the world...



Present tense
1. Gen klas apremidi a. 
     There's class this afternoon.

     Pa gen klas apremidi a. 
     There's no class this afternoon.

Past tense 
in this order↓
Affirmative: te (past tense marker) + verb
Negative: Pa (negative marker) + te (past tense marker) + verb


 2. Te gen klas apremidi a. 
      There was class this afternoon


      Pa te gen klas apremidi a. (non contracted)
      Pa't gen klas apremidi a.  (contracted)
     There was no class this afternoon

Future  

in this order↓

Affirmative: ap/pral/va (future tense marker) + verb

Negative: Pa (negative marker) + ap/pral/va (future tense marker)

 + verb

3.  Ap gen klas apremidi a. 
     There will be class this afternoon.


     Pa ap gen klas apremidi a. (non contracted)
     P'ap gen klas apremidi a. (contracted)
     There'll be no class this afternoon.


4.  Pral gen klas apremidi a.
      There will be class this afternoon.


     Pa pral gen klas apremidi a.
     There'll be no class this afternoon


5.  Va gen klas apremidi a.
      There'll be class this afternoon.


      Pa va gen klas apremidi a.
      There'll be no class this afternoon.

Using other auxillaries

6. *Ka gen anpil kriye nan antèman sa.
    There might be a lot of crying at this funeral.
    *Ka, kab, kapab → may, can


7. Ta va gen batay si lapolis pa't la.
     There would have been a fight if the police had not been there.


8.  Pa ta gen libète, si zansèt nou yo pa't goumen.
      There would be no freedom if our ancestors did not fight.


9.  Ta dwe gen yon gad nan baryè a.
      There should be a guard at the gate.


10.  Fòk gen yon fason pou fè sa.
       Fò gen yon fason pou fè sa.
       Dwe gen yon fason pou fè sa.
       There must be a way to do this.


Se te tout pou jodi a mezanmi.  Mèsi e n'a wè.
That was all for today.  Thanks and see ya.

Track: Ede m chante chante sa (Help me sing this song) by Boukan Ginen

Lyrics

Hey….

Gen lontan n’ap chèche

Yon kote pou n viv

Yon kote pou nou tout ka viv anpè vre

W’a ede m chante chante sa

Monkonpè mwen!

Ah!  woulo woulo woulo

Monkonpè mwen! (4 liy, 3 fwa)

Hey….

Se chita m chita, n’ap gade

Nou wè se tout bon l’ap vin menase vre

Fò n  ede m chante chante sa

Monkonpè mwen!

Ah! woulo woulo woulo

Monkonpè mwen! (4 liy, 2 fwa)

Moun chowou -l o

Frè mwen!

Monkonpè mwen!

Hey….

Twòp pwoblèm nan peyi mwen

Fè nou pa ka jwenn

Yon kote pou nou tout ka viv anpè vre

M’oblije chante chante sa

Monkonpè mwen!

Ah! woulo woulo woulo

Monkonpè mwen! (4 liy, 2 fwa)

Moun chowou-l o

Frè mwen!

Monkonpè mwen!

Hey….

Mezanmi!

Kouman nou ye?

Anba tèt chaje* sa yo!

Kouman nou ye?

Kouman nou ye?

Anba vant kòde* sa yo!

Kouman nou ye la?

Kouman nou ye?

Anba maswife* sa yo?

Tèt chaje, n → inconvenience, grief, torment, distress, problem, hindrance

Vant kòde, n → reeling stomach, calamity, suffering

Maswife, n → greased pole, dilemma, impediment, obstacle

is there any easier way to say No one cares besides this Napwen yon moun ki gen yon ti considerasyon

Yes sure.

No one cares.

Pèsonn pa sousye yo.

Pèsonn pa mele.

Pèsonn pa konsène

Tout moun manfou


☺Mezanmi, that was a long translation I previously gave for No one cares.

How can I say, "There is a picture and story about my Haitian papa and manman in our local news paper today."

Genyen yon foto ak yon atik sou papa ak manman Ayisyen mwen nan jounal lokal la jodi a.

For papa ak manman Ayisyen mwen you can also say : fanmi Ayisyen mwen

Is it Mother's Day in Haiti? I want to wish my Haitians moms a Happy Mothers day!

Haiti celebrates Mother's Day on the last Sunday of May.

Happy Mother's Day link.

Have you ever heard the word TANMEN before? e.g. Si li sispann fe mal epi li TANMEN mache dwat, n ap lage l nan prizon an.

Tanmen (from the French entamer) → to begin, to commence, to initiate, to inaugurate, to cut into 


Lè mwen te wè koulèv la, mwen tanmen kouri.
When I saw the snake, I started running.


Elèv yo tanmen pale lè pwofesè a te soti. deyò a.
The students started talking when the teacher stepped out.

Sa ki regle? (meaning)

Sa ki regle? or Sa'k regle? is the same idea as Sa'k pase?

Sa ki regle?
What's up?
What's going on?
What's the deal?
How are you doing?

Sa ou regle?
What's up with you?
What have you been up to?

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!
Bòn fèt dè Mè!
Bòn fèt Manman!


Happy Mother's Day link

how do i say "Praise The Lord!", In the Haitian language?

There are many ways to say  'Praise the Lord.' in Haitian Creole.

Praise the Lord
Beni swa Letènèl!
Glwaradye!

See these links for more:  Praise the Lord,  Religious Sayings , Thank you Jesus

I am happy that you are not overwhelmed (using tèt chaje if it makes sense).

Yes.  You could use tèt chaje.


I am happy that you're not overwhelmed.
Mwen kontan ou pa gen tèt chaje.
or
Mwen kontan tèt ou pa chaje.


Tèt chaje link

you don't have any reason to cry

You don't have any reason to cry.
Ou pa gen oken rezon pou kriye.

is there any word for compassion, empathy, or, sincerity?

compassion → konpasyon, byenveyans, bonte, bon kè
empathy → sansiblite, bon santiman, santiman, byenveyans
sincerity → senserite, seryozite, franchiz, dwati, bòn fwa

Maid → bòn, sèvant

Maid, servant, helper (female)
bòn
sèvant
rèstavèk
domestik

servant (male)
domestik
gason lakou
jeran
jeran lakou

how to say: times are hard, I wish they were better

Times are hard.  I wish things were better.
Tan yo difisil.  Mwen swete bagay yo te miyò.