Breakdown of Зрители всё же любят мистику, поэтому не хотят её разоблачать.
не
not
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
любить
to love, to like
хотеть
to want
поэтому
so (therefore)
зритель
spectator
всё же
still
разоблачать
to expose
мистика
mysticism
Questions & Answers about Зрители всё же любят мистику, поэтому не хотят её разоблачать.
What does всё же mean here, and how is it different from всё ещё?
Всё же means 'nevertheless' or 'all the same', often translated as 'still' when contrasting with an expectation. Всё ещё simply means 'still' in a temporal sense, meaning an action is ongoing. Here, despite some implied context, the audience nevertheless loves the supernatural.
Why is мистику translated as 'mysticism'? Does it mean exactly the same as in English?
In Russian, мистика is much broader than the English word 'mysticism'. It often refers to anything supernatural, paranormal, or mysterious in fiction and entertainment. So here, the audience loves supernatural stories or mystery, not just religious mysticism.
How could we add an emphatic negation like вовсе не to this sentence, and how would it change the tone?
You could say поэтому вовсе не хотят её разоблачать (so they do not want to expose it at all). Using вовсе не or отнюдь не emphasizes that exposing the mystery is completely out of the question for the audience, strongly rejecting any assumption that they might want the truth.
Why is the imperfective verb разоблачать used here instead of the perfective разоблачить?
The imperfective разоблачать is used because it refers to a general, ongoing attitude. They do not want to engage in the general practice of exposing mysteries. If it were a specific, single trick being exposed right now, the perfective разоблачить would be more appropriate.
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