māma ràng wǒ xiān dàishàng kǒuzhào, zài qù fùjìn de yàodiàn mǎi yào.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• 妈妈 = Mom
• 让 = tells/asks/has someone do something
• 我 = me
• 先 = first
• 戴上口罩 = put on a mask
• 再 = then
• 去附近的药店买药 = go to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine

So the overall pattern is:

Person 1 + 让 + Person 2 + 先 + action 1 + 再 + action 2

A very natural English translation would be:

Mom told me to put on a mask first, and then go to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine.

In this sentence, 让 means something like have someone do something, tell someone to do something, or ask someone to do something.

So:

• 妈妈让我... = Mom told/asked me to...

Whether it feels like let, make, or ask depends on context:

• 让 can mean let in some sentences
• it can also mean make or cause
• here, because a mother is instructing her child, told me to or asked me to is the best fit

So in this sentence, 让 is introducing what 我 is supposed to do.

Because the subject is still understood to be the same person: 我.

Chinese often leaves out words that are already clear from context. After 妈妈让我, we know that I am the one doing both actions:

1. 先戴上口罩
2. 再去附近的药店买药

So Chinese does not need to repeat 我.

If you spelled it out more fully, it would be something like:

妈妈让我先戴上口罩，再去附近的药店买药。

The I doing the second action is understood automatically.

This is a very common Chinese pattern for sequencing actions.

• 先 = first
• 再 = then / after that

So:

• 先戴上口罩 = first put on a mask
• 再去附近的药店买药 = then go to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine

Using both words makes the order very clear.

English can do this in several ways:

• first..., then...
• before..., then...
• put on a mask first, then go...

This pattern is extremely common in Mandarin, so it is worth remembering.

上 here is a result complement. It adds the idea of successfully putting something on or getting it into place.

Compare:

• 戴口罩 = wear a mask / put on a mask
• 戴上口罩 = put the mask on, with emphasis on the action being completed

So 戴上 often sounds a little more like put on than just wear.

In this sentence, the mother is telling the speaker to complete the action before going out, so 戴上口罩 fits very well.

Yes, you can, and it would still be understandable.

But there is a slight difference in feel:

• 戴口罩 can sound more general: wear a mask
• 戴上口罩 emphasizes put it on before doing the next thing

Since the sentence is about doing one action first and then another, 戴上 is especially natural because it highlights completion of the first action.

Because 附近 is being used to modify 药店.

• 附近 = nearby / nearby area
• 药店 = pharmacy
• 附近的药店 = the nearby pharmacy / a pharmacy nearby

In Chinese, when one word or phrase describes a noun, 的 is often used between them.

So the structure is:

modifier + 的 + noun

Examples:

• 附近的药店 = nearby pharmacy
• 我的妈妈 = my mom
• 新的口罩 = new mask

Here, 附近的 describes which pharmacy.

Chinese often places location before the purpose verb in this kind of sentence.

So:

• 去附近的药店 = go to the nearby pharmacy
• 买药 = buy medicine

Together:

去附近的药店买药 = go to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine

This is a very natural Chinese structure:

去 + place + verb

Examples:

• 去商店买东西 = go to the store to buy things
• 去学校上课 = go to school to attend class
• 去医院看医生 = go to the hospital to see a doctor

So the order may feel different from English, but it is normal in Mandarin.

They are different words:

• 药店 = pharmacy / drugstore
• 药 = medicine

So:

• 去附近的药店 = go to the nearby pharmacy
• 买药 = buy medicine

The sentence is saying the speaker goes to the pharmacy for the purpose of buying medicine.

Even though both contain 药, they are not redundant:

• one is the place
• the other is the thing being bought

In everyday Chinese, 药 usually means medicine, not illegal drugs.

So 买药 normally means:

• buy medicine
• get medicine

If someone wants to talk specifically about illegal drugs, Chinese usually uses more specific vocabulary.

So in this sentence, 买药 clearly means buy medicine.

Yes. 口罩 is the object of 戴上.

Chinese commonly uses normal verb + object order:

• 戴上口罩 = put on a mask
• 买药 = buy medicine

So this is completely standard.

If you want to emphasize the object or mark disposal/handling, Chinese can also use 把:

• 先把口罩戴上，再去附近的药店买药。

That version is also natural, but the original sentence is simpler and very common.

The comma separates the two sequential actions:

1. 先戴上口罩
2. 再去附近的药店买药

It helps show the pause between first and then.

Chinese punctuation is often used to make sentence structure easier to read, especially when there are multiple actions in order.

So the comma is not unusual at all here.

Because this sentence is about an instruction, not about a completed event.

了 is often used to talk about:

• completed actions
• change of situation
• new circumstances

But here the mother is telling the speaker what to do. The actions have not been presented as completed yet.

So the sentence stays without 了:

• 妈妈让我先戴上口罩，再去附近的药店买药。

If you were describing what actually happened afterward, then 了 might appear in a different sentence.

It can, depending on tone and context, but told me to is usually the most natural translation here.

让 can sometimes feel stronger, like:

• made someone do something
• had someone do something

But in ordinary family instructions, it often just means:

• told me to
• asked me to

So unless the context strongly suggests force, it is better to understand this sentence as:

Mom told me to put on a mask first, then go to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine.