I. When the notion of Being is expressed independently, [p. 31].
1. When the notion of Being is understood, [p. 32]. 2. When the notion of Being is expressed by a special word, but without a phonetic radical, [p. 35].
II. The notion of Being is incorporated with the verb as an auxiliary, [p. 37].
Analysis of the Maya Verb, [p. 38]. Other Examples. The idea of past time as related to death and negation, [p. 40].
III. The notion of Being is present in the verbal form only in idea, [p. 41].
Case 1st. When the person, tense and mode signs are separable, [p. 41]. Case 2d. When either the person, or the tense and mode signs, are attached to the verb, [p. 41]. [Case 3d.] When both person and tense and mode signs are attached to the verb. 1. Approach toward a Fixed Form, [p. 44]. 2. Divisibility of Verbal Forms to allow the insertion of governed parts of speech, [p. 47]. General Conclusions on the organism of American Languages, [p. 48].
Notes (by the Translator) on the various American Tribes and Languages mentioned by Humboldt in the preceding Memoir, [p. 49].