diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f43917f..2e490c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "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/human-readable.ts b/src/lib/human-readable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dddbd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/human-readable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import * as T from "../types";
+import {
+    isModalTense,
+    isPerfectTense,
+    isImperativeTense,
+} from "./type-predicates";
+
+function humanReadableVerbTense(tense: T.VerbTense): string {
+    return tense === "presentVerb"
+        ? "present"
+        : tense === "subjunctiveVerb"
+        ? "subjunctive"
+        : tense === "imperfectiveFuture"
+        ? "imperfective future"
+        : tense === "perfectiveFuture"
+        ? "perfective future"
+        : tense === "perfectivePast"
+        ? "simple past"
+        : tense === "imperfectivePast"
+        ? "continuous past"
+        : tense === "habitualImperfectivePast"
+        ? "habitual simple past"
+        // : tense === "habitualPerfectivePast"
+        : "habitual continuous past";
+}
+
+function humanReadableModalTense(tense: T.ModalTense): string {
+    const base = tense.replace("Modal", "") as T.VerbTense;
+    return `${humanReadableVerbTense(base)} ability`;
+}
+
+function humanReadablePerfectTense(tense: T.PerfectTense): string {
+    return tense === "pastPerfect"
+        ? "past perfect"
+        : tense === "futurePerfect"
+        ? "future perfect"
+        : tense === "presentPerfect"
+        ? "present perfect"
+        : tense === "habitualPerfect"
+        ? "habitual perfect"
+        : tense === "subjunctivePerfect"
+        ? "subjunctive perfect"
+        : tense === "pastSubjunctivePerfect"
+        ? "past subjunctive perfect"
+        : tense === "wouldBePerfect"
+        ? `"would be" perfect`
+        // : tense === "wouldHaveBeenPerfect"
+        : `"would have been" perfect`
+}
+
+function humanReadableImperativeTense(tense: T.ImperativeTense): string {
+    return tense === "imperfectiveImperative"
+        ? "imperfective imperative"
+        : "perfective imperative";
+}
+
+export function humanReadableTense(tense: T.VerbTense | T.PerfectTense | T.ModalTense | T.ImperativeTense): string {
+    return isModalTense(tense)
+        ? humanReadableModalTense(tense)
+        : isPerfectTense(tense)
+        ? humanReadablePerfectTense(tense)
+        : isImperativeTense(tense)
+        ? humanReadableImperativeTense(tense as T.ImperativeTense)
+        : humanReadableVerbTense(tense);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/library.ts b/src/library.ts
index b2c4818..8af94a4 100644
--- a/src/library.ts
+++ b/src/library.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ import {
 import {
     renderAPSelection,
 } from "./lib/phrase-building/render-ap";
+import { humanReadableTense } from "./lib/human-readable";
 import NPPicker from "./components/np-picker/NPPicker";
 import EPPicker from "./components/ep-explorer/EPPicker";
 import EPExplorer from "./components/ep-explorer/EPExplorer";
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ export {
     getPashtoFromRendered,
     renderAPSelection,
     getEnglishVerb,
+    humanReadableTense,
     roleIcon,
     vpsReducer,
     makeVPSelectionState,