isha ni mite morau mae ni, shoujou o memo ni kakimashita.

Before having the doctor examine me, I wrote my symptoms in a memo.

Breakdown of isha ni mite morau mae ni, shoujou o memo ni kakimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• に: time particle
• 書かく: to write
• に: indirect object particle

Questions & Answers about isha ni mite morau mae ni, shoujou o memo ni kakimashita.

What does 診てもらう mean grammatically?

V-て + もらう means to have someone do something for you or to receive the favor of someone doing something.

So:

• 診る = to examine medically
• 診て = te-form of 診る
• もらう = to receive

Together, 医者に診てもらう means to have a doctor examine you.

This pattern often sounds more natural in Japanese than a direct passive-style idea like to be examined. It focuses on the speaker receiving the action from someone.

Why is it 医者に and not 医者が?

In V-て もらう, the person who does the action is usually marked with に.

So:

• 医者に診てもらう = to have the doctor examine you

Here, the doctor is the one performing the examining, but because the whole structure is receive the action from someone, that person is marked with に.

A useful pattern to remember is:

• A に V-て もらう = have A do V for you

Why is 診る in the て-form here?

Because もらう attaches to the て-form of a verb.

So:

• 診る
• 診て
• 診てもらう

This is just how the grammar works. The て-form connects the main action (examining) to もらう.