diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec8271f..480e396 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "0.2.9",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",
diff --git a/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.test.ts b/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.test.ts
index 0a9ceac..7b96099 100644
--- a/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const toTest: [string, string][] = [
     ["săr", "sar"],
     ["kawúl", "kawul"],
     ["sắr", "sar"],
+    ["kaar-U-baar", "kaarUbaar"],
 ];
 
 test("simplifyPhonetics should work", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.ts b/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.ts
index 9bd6b90..78a1a86 100644
--- a/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/simplify-phonetics.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ const matcher = {
     ó: "o",
     G: "g",
     Ú: "U",
+    "-": "",
     "\u0301": "",
     " ": "",
     "'": "",
     "`": "",
 };
 
-const fRepRegex = / |Ú|á|ă|ú|é|í|ó|G|q|'|`|\u0301/g;
+const fRepRegex = / |Ú|á|ă|ú|é|í|ó|G|q|'|`|-|\u0301/g;
 
 export function simplifyPhonetics(f: string): string {
     return f.replace(fRepRegex, (mtch) => {