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Grammar detail: verb て form + もらう

verb て form + もらう  to have someone do something
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person + に + verb て form + もらう
means to have a person do something for you or on your behalf.
たなか
田中
さん
ほん
んでもらいました

I had Tanaka-san read a book to me.
In English this construction may simply be translated (using the example above) as 'Tanaka-san read a book to me', but the もらう conveys the additional sense that you benefited from the reading, or brought the situation about.
The humble form of もらう is いただく.
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Kanji used in this grammar

デン   た rice field   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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