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- "Det överraskar mig inte."
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Tbh we added this verb to the course at a late stage and all the other lessons in Present 3 were too full… :D
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Thank you! I've realized Duolingo is very transparent – everything we've done is noticed by someone, sooner or later. :D
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No, raskar doesn't mean that on its own. The only time the verb raskar is really used is in a Christmas song called Räven raskar över isen, approx. 'The fox rushes over the ice'. (This song is sometimes jokingly paraphrased as Räven överraskar grisen).
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Yes, that works too. You get the meaning of 'That does not surprise me' (but it might surprise someone else).
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With pronouns, inte can go in either place in a sentence like this. With a noun, inte would always go after the verb. Det överraskar inte mamma 'That does not surprise mom' – you can't have inte last in that version.
More about this under 1.2 in this post: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8970470
As Arnauti has already explained, "inte" can be of either side of "mig" in this particular situation, though they give slightly different impressions. Putting it after "mig" like in this sentence is just a straightforward "That doesn't surprise me", whereas the sentence "Det överraskar inte mig" puts more emphasis on the "me", implying that it does not surprise me specifically, though it may surprise someone else.