diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 44acb00..7b90f8b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "6.0.7",
+  "version": "6.0.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "pashto-inflector",
-      "version": "6.0.7",
+      "version": "6.0.8",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aca1526..b698a9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "6.0.7",
+  "version": "6.0.8",
   "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/components/package-lock.json b/src/components/package-lock.json
index 5edb3a3..739bd9b 100644
--- a/src/components/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/components/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/ps-react",
-  "version": "6.0.7",
+  "version": "6.0.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lingdocs/ps-react",
-      "version": "6.0.7",
+      "version": "6.0.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@formkit/auto-animate": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
diff --git a/src/components/package.json b/src/components/package.json
index 47a8888..42ec31e 100644
--- a/src/components/package.json
+++ b/src/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/ps-react",
-  "version": "6.0.7",
+  "version": "6.0.8",
   "description": "Pashto inflector library module with React components",
   "main": "dist/components/library.js",
   "module": "dist/components/library.js",
diff --git a/src/lib/package.json b/src/lib/package.json
index d7365c7..071988c 100644
--- a/src/lib/package.json
+++ b/src/lib/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/inflect",
-  "version": "6.0.7",
+  "version": "6.0.8",
   "description": "Pashto inflector library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/lib/library.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.test.ts b/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.test.ts
index e3ec282..fdd4064 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.test.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ const kedulDyn = vEntry({
   separationAtP: 1,
   separationAtF: 2,
 });
+const ahkeestul = wordQuery("اخیستل", "verb");
 const wahul = wordQuery("وهل", "verb");
 const achawul = wordQuery("اچول", "verb");
 const ganul = wordQuery("ګڼل", "verb");
@@ -290,6 +291,44 @@ const tests: {
           ],
         },
       },
+      {
+        input: {
+          verb: ahkeestul,
+          tense: "perfectivePast",
+          subject: T.Person.FirstSingMale,
+          object: T.Person.ThirdSingMale,
+          voice: "active",
+          negative: false,
+        },
+        output: {
+          hasBa: false,
+          vbs: [
+            [{ type: "PH", ps: { p: "وا", f: "wáa" } }],
+            [
+              {
+                type: "VB",
+                ps: {
+                  long: [{ p: "خیستلو", f: "kheestulo" }],
+                  short: [
+                    { p: "خیست", f: "kheest" },
+                    {
+                      p: "خیسته",
+                      f: "kheestu",
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+                person: T.Person.ThirdSingMale,
+                info: {
+                  type: "verb",
+                  aspect: "perfective",
+                  base: "root",
+                  verb: ahkeestul,
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
+      },
     ],
   },
   {
diff --git a/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.ts b/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.ts
index 05308ef..7cf8739 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/new-verb-engine/render-verb.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ function ensure3rdPast(
   if (verb.entry.tppp && verb.entry.tppf) {
     const tpps = splitPsByVarients(
       makePsString(verb.entry.tppp, verb.entry.tppf)
+    ).map((ps) =>
+      !verb.entry.sepOo && aspect === "perfective" ? takeOffAaStart(ps) : ps
     );
     if (verb.entry.p === "وړل" && aspect === "perfective") {
       return [
@@ -445,3 +447,23 @@ function removeAbility(
 ): T.VerbTense | T.ImperativeTense {
   return tense.replace("Modal", "") as T.VerbTense | T.ImperativeTense;
 }
+
+function takeOffAaStart(ps: T.PsString): T.PsString {
+  if (!["ا", "آ"].includes(ps.p[0])) {
+    return ps;
+  }
+  // TODO handle more than just the starting aa
+  if (["aa", "áa"].includes(ps.f.slice(0, 2))) {
+    return {
+      p: ps.p.slice(1),
+      f: ps.f.slice(2),
+    };
+  }
+  if (["a", "á"].includes(ps.f[0])) {
+    return {
+      p: ps.p.slice(1),
+      f: ps.f.slice(1),
+    };
+  }
+  return ps;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
index cb2a7c8..cee0c1b 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import { LookupFunction } from "./lookup";
 // learn to use jq to edit selected json in vim ?? COOOL
 
 // TODO: test grammatically transitive stuff
+// test bo ba ye dzee
+// test raaba ye wree
 
 export function parseVP(
   tokens: Readonly<T.Token[]>,