byouin de shinsatsu o uketa ato, yakkyoku e ikimashita.

After having a medical examination at the hospital, I went to the pharmacy.

Breakdown of byouin de shinsatsu o uketa ato, yakkyoku e ikimashita.

• 行いく: to go
• を: direct object particle
• で: location particle
• あと: after

Questions & Answers about byouin de shinsatsu o uketa ato, yakkyoku e ikimashita.

Why are there spaces between the words?

The spaces are just there to help learners see the parts of the sentence more easily.

In normal Japanese writing, this would usually be written without spaces:

病院で診察を受けたあと、薬局へ行きました。

So the spaces are a teaching aid, not standard spelling.

Why is 病院 followed by で instead of に?

で marks the place where an action happens.

Here, the action 診察を受けた happened at the hospital, so 病院で is correct.

• 病院で = at the hospital
• 病院に would more naturally suggest to the hospital or in/at the hospital in a different kind of structure

Since the sentence is talking about where the examination was received, で is the natural choice.

Why does the sentence use 診察を受ける instead of just 診察する?