नहीं पाती

can't

→ नहीं
phrase Rare #7,515
can't Used with a feminine subject to say that she or you (if speaking as a woman) cannot do something. It comes before the main verb.
HI: मैं यह किताब नहीं पढ़ पाती।
EN: I can't read this book.

पर वो किस हो नहीं पाती।

But she can't kiss.

— 3 ईडियट (2009)

मैं अगर नाच नहीं पाती, तो मैं तो मर जाती।

If I couldn't dance, I would die.

— Tribhanga (2021)

पढ़ नहीं पाती थी।

I couldn't read.

— Merry Christmas (2024)

आंटी देख नहीं पाती न।

Auntie can't see, right?

— Monica, O My Darling (2022)

हमारी ओर देख नहीं पाती।

She can't look our way.

— Raat Akeli Hai (2020)