Editing Bulgarian language (section)

==Syntax==
{{main|Bulgarian grammar}}
Bulgarian employs [[clitic doubling]], mostly for emphatic purposes. For example, the following constructions are common in colloquial Bulgarian:

:{{lang|bg|Аз (го) дадох подаръка на Мария.}}
:(lit. "I gave ''it'' the present to Maria.")

:{{lang|bg|Аз (ѝ го) дадох подаръка на Мария.}}
:(lit. "I gave ''her it'' the present to Maria.")

The phenomenon is practically obligatory in the spoken language in the case of inversion signalling information structure (in writing, clitic doubling may be skipped in such instances, with a somewhat bookish effect):

:{{lang|bg|Подаръка (ѝ) го дадох на Мария.}}
:(lit. "The present [''to her''] ''it'' I-gave to Maria.")

:{{lang|bg|На Мария ѝ (го) дадох подаръка.}}
:(lit. "To Maria ''to her'' [''it''] I-gave the present.")

Sometimes, the doubling signals syntactic relations, thus:

:{{lang|bg|Петър и Иван ги изядоха вълците.}}
:(lit. "Petar and Ivan ''them'' ate the wolves.")
:Transl.: "Petar and Ivan were eaten by the wolves".

This is contrasted with:

:{{lang|bg|Петър и Иван изядоха вълците.}}
:({{lit|Petar and Ivan ate the wolves}})
:Transl.: "Petar and Ivan ate the wolves".

In this case, clitic doubling can be a colloquial alternative of the more formal or bookish passive voice, which would be constructed as follows:
:{{lang|bg|Петър и Иван бяха изядени от вълците.}}
:({{lit|Petar and Ivan were eaten by the wolves.}})

Clitic doubling is also fully obligatory, both in the spoken and in the written norm, in clauses including several special expressions that use the short accusative and dative pronouns such as "{{lang|bg|играе ми се}}" (I feel like playing), студено ми е (I am cold), and боли ме ръката (my arm hurts):

:{{lang|bg|На мен ми се спи, а на Иван му се играе.}}
:(lit. "To me ''to me'' it-feels-like-sleeping, and to Ivan ''to him'' it-feels-like-playing")
:Transl.: "I feel like sleeping, and Ivan feels like playing."
:{{lang|bg|На нас ни е студено, а на вас ви е топло.}}
:(lit. "To us ''to us'' it-is cold, and to you-plur. ''to you-plur.'' it-is warm")
:Transl.: "We are cold, and you are warm."
:{{lang|bg|Иван го боли гърлото, а мене ме боли главата.}}
:(lit. Ivan ''him'' aches the throat, and me ''me'' aches the head)
:Transl.: Ivan has sore throat, and I have a headache.

Except the above examples, clitic doubling is considered inappropriate in a formal context.