diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4abde1f..61e951e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.8.9",
+  "version": "3.9.0",
   "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/phrase-building/compile.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
index 5f7ae78..5e5685a 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ import {
 } from "../../lib/misc-helpers";
 
 
-type BlankoutOptions = { equative?: boolean, ba?: boolean, kidsSection?: boolean, verb?: boolean };
+type BlankoutOptions = {
+    equative?: boolean,
+    ba?: boolean,
+    kidsSection?: boolean,
+    verb?: boolean,
+    negative?: boolean,
+};
 
 // function compilePs({ blocks, kids, verb: { head, rest }, VP }: CompilePsInput): T.SingleOrLengthOpts<T.PsString[]> {
 //     if ("long" in rest) {
@@ -175,6 +181,8 @@ function combineIntoText(piecesWVars: (T.Block | T.Kid | T.PsString)[][], subjec
             ? [blank]
             : ((blankOut?.ba) && "kid" in first && first.kid.type === "ba")
             ? [kidsBlank]
+            : (blankOut?.negative && "block" in first && first.block.type === "negative")
+            ? [{ p: "", f: "" }]
             : getPsFromPiece(first, subjectPerson);
         if (!rest.length) {
             return firstPs;