"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.
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In english I would de tempted to add a "she": ...and she is very... . Can that be done in Danish?
Yes it can but it is not neccesary as it is implied that it is still hers. Just like in English.
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.
"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.
DL still rejects 'got'. Does anyone ever read our reports? 26 Jan. 2021
Geez! I know we talk funny, but American English is still too closely related to British English to be considered a whole different language just yet. Maybe give it a few hundred years, but we can still understand you guys just fine.
Verbs that end in "å" in the infinitive, takes "et" to form the past participle.
Present tense/Past tense/Past participle
"At få" (to get): får/fik/fået
"At gå" (to walk): går/gik/gået
"At nå" (to reach, among others) : når/nåede/nået
"Pleased" is more "glad", "tilfreds" or "fornøjet". It is a less "excited" than "lykkelig".
Come on Duolingo! I put "the little girl has at last got a dog and is very happy" and it was marked wrong. When are you going to fix it?