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| Preface | |
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| Nouns, Pronouns, and Subject Prefixes | |
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| The subject prefixes and the nature of the noun | |
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| The possessive prefixes of nouns | |
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| Independent pronouns | |
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| Combining nouns | |
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| The reverential of nouns | |
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| Dictionary work | |
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| Additional examples | |
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| Introduction to Verbs and Practical Syntax | |
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| Object prefixes | |
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| Reflexive prefixes | |
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| A bit of syntax | |
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| Additional examples | |
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| More on the Verbal Complex | |
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| The directional prefixes | |
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| The applicative | |
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| The causative | |
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| The reverential of verbs | |
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| Texts and examples | |
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| Relational Words | |
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| General discussion (using -pan) | |
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| Specific relational words | |
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| Indefinite Prefixes and Deverbal Nouns | |
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| Indefinite object prefixes | |
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| Indefinite possessive prefixes | |
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| Nouns in -liz and -l | |
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| An illustrative text | |
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| Some Other Verb Tenses | |
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| The preterit | |
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| The future | |
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| Examples | |
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| Yet More on Verbs | |
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| Auxiliary verbs | |
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| The optative | |
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| Examples | |
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| An illustrative text | |
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| Practical Matters | |
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| A testament | |
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| The numbers | |
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| Mainly on Nouns | |
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| Nominal plurals | |
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| Agentive nouns | |
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| Direct plural objects of verbs together with the indirect | |
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| Examples | |
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| The Uses of In | |
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| The particle in with verbal clauses | |
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| The particle in with nouns | |
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| The demonstratives in and on | |
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| Even More on Verbs | |
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| The imperfect and the pluperfect | |
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| Irregular verbs | |
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| Texts and examples | |
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| Some Nominal Suffixes | |
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| The -yo abstractive, collective, and indicator of inalienable possession | |
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| The nominal suffixes meaning "possessor of." | |
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| Purposive Motion and Passive | |
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| The forms of purposive motion | |
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| Passives and impersonals | |
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| Locatives in -yan and -can | |
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| Text and examples | |
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| Word Order | |
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| The elements of standard order | |
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| Particles as guideposts | |
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| Anticipation | |
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| The role of in | |
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| Texts | |
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| Some Difficult Things | |
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| Verbs in -tia from nouns | |
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| Verbs in -ti from nouns | |
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| Nonactive Agentives | |
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| Distributive and other reduplication | |
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| Some Crucial Particles | |
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| Ic and Inic. Iuh. Oc and ye. Can. Huel | |
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| Particles in general | |
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| Orthography | |
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| General orthography | |
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| Variations within standard orthography | |
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| Overbars and abbreviations | |
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| Variations over time | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| The principles of writing by Nahuas | |
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| Common deviances from standard orthography | |
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| Stage 3 changes | |
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| A selection from a text | |
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| Spanish Influence in Nahuatl Texts | |
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| The Stages | |
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| Orthography of Spanish loanwords | |
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| Stage 1 and 2 contact phenomena | |
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| Stage 3 phenomena | |
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| A selection from a Stage 3 text | |
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| Two Real Texts | |
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| Petition of Leonor Magdalena, 1613 | |
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| Petition of don Geronimo Marquez, ca. 1610 | |
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| A Stage 3 Text | |
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| Will of don Nicolas de Silva, San Francisco Centlalpan, 1736 | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| The Dictionaries and How to Use Them | |
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| "P. 64" | |
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| Selections from Texts | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Index | |