पाते

can, be able to

p ɑː t̪ eː → पाना
auxiliary · plural masculine / singular masculine, accusative Uncommon #2,991
can, be able to Used after another verb to express ability.
HI: हम यह काम अकेले कर पाते हैं।
EN: We can do this work alone.
Conjugation of पाना
Subjunctive

ख़ुद से नज़र कैसे मिला पाते हैं, आप लोग?

How can you people look yourselves in the eye?

— Khufiya (2023)

इतना लिख पाते तो पास नहीं हो जाते?

If you could write this much, wouldn't you pass?

— तारे ज़मीन पर (2007)

लेकिन बोल नहीं पाते एक-दूसरे को।

But they can't talk to each other.

— Three of Us (2023)

उसकी मदद के बिना तुम नहीं कर पाते।

You wouldn't have been able to do it without his help.

सर, प्रिलिम्स निकाल लेता हूँ लेकिन मेन्स नहीं निकल पाते।

Sir, I can clear the prelims, but I can’t get through the mains.

— 12th Fail (2023)

वरना हम दोनों एक-दूसरे से नहीं मिल पाते।

Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to meet each other.

— अपने ड्रैगन को प्रशिक्षित कैसे करें 2 (2014)

काश तुम जान पाते इस सब का क्या मतलब है मेरे लिए.

I wish you could understand what all of this means to me.

— Ladri di biciclette (1948)

हम फिर ढंग से जी पाते.

We could have lived properly again.

— Ladri di biciclette (1948)

वे मुझे समझ पाते हैं।

They are able to understand me.

हाँ, अगर हमारी रिपोर्ट की जांच हुई होती तो हम बता पाते।

Yes, if our report had been checked, we would have been able to explain.

— Raat Akeli Hai (2020)

तुम मल्लिका को भूलना नहीं चाहते या भुला नहीं पाते?

Do you not want to forget Mallika, or are you unable to?

— Superboys of Malegaon (2025)

पर हम कर नहीं पाते।

But we can’t do it.

— Three of Us (2023)

पर हमारे घर में इतना भी बस हम ही बोल पाते हैं।

But in our house, we're the only ones who can speak even that much.

— Lost Ladies (2024)

तो शायद कभी नहीं भाग पाते।

Then perhaps we’d never be able to escape.

— Bhakshak (2024)

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