diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89afea0..e517d00 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "2.4.5",
+  "version": "2.4.6",
   "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/misc-helpers.ts b/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
index e5a5e9a..361adab 100644
--- a/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/misc-helpers.ts
@@ -240,3 +240,10 @@ export function parseEc(ec: string): T.EnglishVerbConjugationEc {
         ? [items[0], items[1], items[2], items[3], items[4]]
         : makeRegularConjugations(items[0]);
 }
+
+export function chooseLength<N>(x: T.SingleOrLengthOpts<N>, length: "long" | "short"): N {
+    if ("long" in x) {
+        return x[length]; 
+    }
+    return x;
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
index 1e5b676..400111e 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function arrangeVerbWNegative(head: T.PsString | undefined, restRaw: T.PsString[
 
 export function compileEP(EP: T.EPRendered): { ps: T.SingleOrLengthOpts<T.PsString[]>, e?: string[] };
 export function compileEP(EP: T.EPRendered, combineLengths: true, blankOut?: { equative: boolean }): { ps: T.PsString[], e?: string[] };
-export function compileEP(EP: T.EPRendered, combineLengths?: true, blankOut?: { equative: boolean }): { ps: T.SingleOrLengthOpts<T.PsString[]>, e?: string[] } {
+export function compileEP(EP: T.EPRendered, combineLengths?: boolean, blankOut?: { equative: boolean }): { ps: T.SingleOrLengthOpts<T.PsString[]>, e?: string[] } {
     const { kids, NPs } = getEPSegmentsAndKids(EP);
     const equative = EP.equative.ps;
     const psResult = compileEPPs({
diff --git a/src/library.ts b/src/library.ts
index 3ef01a7..61ea6a3 100644
--- a/src/library.ts
+++ b/src/library.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ import {
     parseEc,
     personNumber,
     randFromArray,
+    chooseLength,
 } from "./lib/misc-helpers";
+import {
+    flattenLengths,
+} from "./lib/phrase-building/segment";
 import {
     simplifyPhonetics,
 } from "./lib/simplify-phonetics";
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@ export {
     renderVP,
     compileEP,
     compileVP,
+    chooseLength,
+    flattenLengths,
     // protobuf helpers
     readDictionary,
     writeDictionary,