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Je ne peux pas
Negation wraps the conjugated verb: ne before peux, pas after it. The infinitive that follows stays outside the sandwich.
Examples in context
Je ne peux pas venir ce soir.
I cannot come tonight.
Désolé, je ne peux pas rester.
Sorry, I cannot stay.
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