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 ===Derivational morphology===
 ====Nouns====
-There are several semantically-restricted options for creating a new noun from a verb. A very common way to create an agent noun is to prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’.
+There are several semantically-restricted options for creating a new noun from a verb.
+*'''Nomen agentis''': prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’.
+*'''Nomen actionis''': add the definite marker to the stem of the verb. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''halaj'' ‘the act of singing’
+*'''Nomen instrumentis''': suffix ''-ka''; ''love'' → ''lovaka''
+*'''Nomen obiecti''': suffix ''-las''; added to transitive verbs without the voice marker to denote the object of the action. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''lajalas'' ‘song’
 ====Verbs====
 It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or stem can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs).