"Den lille pige har endeligt fået en hund og er meget lykkelig."

Translation: The little girl has finally gotten a dog and is very happy.

[RonNewsham]

Gotten is not a word in English. I think it is a part of the American language.

[ycUvuSap]

Duolingo defaults to American English, as unfortunate a choice as that is.

[PushythePirate1]

Gotten is indeed a word in English. Americans speak English, so it's allowed. You may not like it for some reason, but your feelings aside, it's valid.

[GigiGottwald]

"Americans speak English"??? It certainly doesn't sound like it! The least DL could do is accept 'got' if they absolutely want to insist on a past participle.

[GigiGottwald]

DL still rejects 'got'. Does anyone ever read our reports?
26 Jan. 2021

[Blkx-Darkreaper]

Danes would you normally use lykkelig or glad in this scenario?

[Karl982005]

I too would like to know the answer to this. Anyone?

[LucBE]

In english I would de tempted to add a "she": ...and she is very... . Can that be done in Danish?

[WaterWar]

Yes it can but it is not neccesary as it is implied that it is still hers. Just like in English.

[solsticeFrench]

Please fix this. Gotten is not used in British English. I used 'got' and it's marked wrong. What we'd actually say is 'The little girl finally has a dog...'. Got/gotten isn't needed at all.

[Rautanen90]

The English sentence feels unnatural

[ycUvuSap]

Why?

[TomekGrzes2]

Natural would be "... and SHE is happy"

[NeilHutchi2]

I too hate the word gotten (Im English!)

[GigiGottwald]

Should "at last" instead of "finally" not be accepted?