Why "Got lost" is the answer here?

both are correct. the only difference is that "she often got lost" allows for the possibility that she doesn't get lost anymore.

It’s because the sentence is in past tense. “Was lost” indicates that this happened in the past, therefore it would be a tense mismatch if you were to say “gets lost”. To keep it in past tense, you must use “got lost”. Using present tense in the second sentence to say she “gets lost” would indicate that she still gets lost. However, I’m guessing this is meant to be an old story where the princess is most likely dead now. Therefore, you must use past tense.

Duolingo is keeping both sentences in the past tense. The princess WAS lost, she often GOT lost. You could say she often gets lost, that would be correct, however it would sound more natural following another present tense sentence. For example, “the princess is lost. She often gets lost!”

As others said, got lost works but get lost can also work depending on what you’re trying to say. She often got lost is implying that while the princess was in the city she often got lost. She often gets lost would imply she’s a person who just generally gets lost, which is a touch more insulting.

The first sentence is written in past tense. Proper English would require the verb tense to stay the same throughout the composition. It's not super important when speaking, though: a technicality that I wouldn't worry too much about if I were you.

Why do you think it's strange? If I said, "I got lost" - that's a normal sentence. "Often" means it happened many times. "I often got bored at school" "I often got the bus to work" "I often got silly replies to my questions"

Both are correct grammatically. Using the context of the previous sentence, "got lost" implies that when she was in the city she was lost, but she no longer gets lost anymore. If the sentence were to use "gets lost," it would imply that she continues to get lost even to the current day.

Translations: "The princess was lost in the big city. She often got lost." = Księżniczka zgubiła się w dużym mieście. Często się gubiła. "The princess was lost in the big city. She often gets lost." = Księżniczka zgubiła się w dużym mieście. Często się gubi. Both are correct and mean different things.

This phrase is describing the princess’s former tendency to get lost in the city. It’s like saying “She used to get lost in the city,” but now she may have more experience living in the city and knows it better, and does not get lost anymore.

Past tense of lost is “got lost”.

Both sentences need a subject and a verb. In the second sentence "she" is the subject and "got" in the verb; "lost" is an adjective in this sentence. In some sentences, lost will be a verb: the past tense of 'to lose'. The reason we know that's not the case here is that 'to lose' is a transitive verb; the action you are doing is not simply done; it's done to something. That something is called the object of the verb and it will be another noun. There's no other noun in that sentence, which means there is no object for a verb to take, which then means lost can't be the verb in this sentence. Of course, this is English and the rule I just stated has an exception. Sometimes the object is excluded from the sentence because it's inferred from context. Q: "I missed her tennis match. How did it go?" A: "She lost." There 'lost' is a transitive verb and the object is implied. It would mean the exact same thing if we said "She lost the match.".

Got is often used as a casual form of “became.” “I got lost”=“I became list.” This works in most cases where you use “become”

It seems to me like it's telling a story. Stories are usually in the past tense.

It implies that the princess doesn't get lost anymore.

Your title should be, “Why is ‘got lost’ the answer here? You really, really do need to invert the questions in English. A question that begins with a question word (who, what, where, when, how, why) must always use inversion. Sometimes we might ask a different question (one that does not include a question word) in statement form, but only to express incredulity. It’s not at all common, and you shouldn’t do it at all.

Gets lost and got lost in this situation are the same thing. I think