Breakdown of В интернете опять распускают слухи про её новую любовь.
новый
new
в
in / to (direction)
интернет
internet
про
about (colloquial)
слух
rumor
её
her (possessive)
любовь
love
опять
again
распускать
to spread (rumors)
Questions & Answers about В интернете опять распускают слухи про её новую любовь.
Why is there no subject like они before распускают?
This is an indefinite-personal clause. By dropping они and just using the 3rd-person plural verb распускают, the sentence focuses on the action and the rumor itself, rather than who exactly is gossiping. It translates well to the general English 'they are spreading...' where 'they' refers to an unspecified group of people.
The verb распускают can mean 'dissolve' or 'unravel.' How does it mean 'spreading' here?
The phrase распускать слухи is a fixed collocation in Russian meaning 'to spread rumors.' While распускать does mean to let go, dissolve (a meeting), or unravel (a sweater), when paired with words like слухи (rumors) or сплетни (gossip), it specifically means to circulate them.
Why does the sentence use про instead of о for 'about'?
Про is a very common colloquial alternative to о or об. The key grammatical difference is that про requires the accusative case, which is why we see the accusative phrase её новую любовь. If you used о, you would need the prepositional case: о её новой любви.
If про takes the accusative case, why does любовь look like it is in the nominative?
Любовь is actually in the accusative case here! It is a 3rd-declension feminine noun (ending in a soft sign), and for these nouns, the nominative and accusative forms are exactly the same. You can tell it is functioning as the accusative object because of the adjective attached to it: новую.
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