shinsatsu ga owattara, yakkyoku de kusuri o uketorimasu

After the examination is over, I receive medicine at the pharmacy.

Breakdown of shinsatsu ga owattara, yakkyoku de kusuri o uketorimasu

• を: direct object particle
• が: subject particle
• で: location particle
• 〜たら: conditional form

Questions & Answers about shinsatsu ga owattara, yakkyoku de kusuri o uketorimasu

How is this sentence read aloud?

It is read:

しんさつ が おわったら、やっきょく で くすり を うけとります。

Word readings:

• 診察 → しんさつ
• 終わったら → おわったら
• 薬局 → やっきょく
• 薬 → くすり
• 受け取ります → うけとります

What does 診察 mean here?

診察 means a medical examination, consultation, or doctor’s checkup.

In this sentence, it refers to the part where the doctor sees and examines the patient. So it is not the whole hospital visit in a broad sense; it is specifically the examination/consultation.

Why is the particle が used after 診察?

Here, が marks 診察 as the thing that ends.

The verb 終わる means to end or to be over, and the thing that ends is often marked with が:

• 授業が終わる → class ends
• 仕事が終わる → work ends
• 診察が終わる → the examination ends

So 診察が終わったら literally means when/after the examination has ended.

What does 終わったら mean, and why is it in the past form?