Editing Mari language (section)

=== Arrangement of suffixes ===
The arrangement of suffixes varies from case to case. Although the case suffixes are after the possessive suffixes in the genitive and the accusative, the opposite is the case for the locative cases. In the dative, both arrangements are possible.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case
! Singular
! Example
! Plural
|-
| Nominative
| P
| пӧртем – 'my house (subject)'
| пӧртем-влак – 'my houses (subject)'
|-
| Genitive
| rowspan="3"| P → C
| пӧртемын – 'of my house'
| пӧртем-влакын – 'of my houses'
|-
| Accusative
| пӧртемым – 'my house (object)'
| пӧртем-влакым – 'my houses (object)'
|-
| Comitative
| пӧртемге – 'with my house'
| пӧртем-влакге – 'with my houses'
|-
| Dative
| P → C, C → P
| пӧртемлан, пӧртланем – 'to my house'
| пӧртем-влаклан – 'to my houses'
|-
| Comparative
| P → C, C → P
| пӧртемла, пӧртлам – 'like my house'
| пӧртем-влакла – 'like my houses'
|-
| Inessive
| rowspan="3"| C → P
| пӧртыштем – 'in my house'
| пӧрт-влакыштем – 'in my houses'
|-
| Illative
| пӧртышкем – 'into my house'
| пӧрт-влакышкем – 'into my houses'
|-
| Lative
| пӧртешем – 'into my house'
| пӧрт-влакешем – 'into my houses'
|-
|}

There are many other arrangements in the plural—the position of the plural particle is flexible. The arrangement here is one commonly used possibility.