もらう is a confusing verb for Japanese learners because based on situations it could be used like passive form but at the same time it also could be used as active form. In English, you cannot say "I'm given a pen by Tanaka", you cannot use "give" in passive form like that. But in Japanese, using もらう is like using passive form of "give", so you place yourself as a subject, and the person who gave you the object as an indirect-object. But that's only one usage of もらう, you can also use もらう when you actively acquire things. You can also attach もらう on other verbs and those verbs themselves and もらう can be conjugated into different forms, that's when non-Japanese natives get confused. In this video, I will talk about functions of もらう in different forms, so that you have a clear idea of how this verb もらう is used.

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0:00 もらう (1st person object)
1:45 もらう (3rd person object)
2:20 もらう in Questions
3:24 もらう vs くれる
7:02 もらえる
08:24 'please get something'
9:48 Vて＋もらう
12:38 Vて＋もらう in Questions
13:22 Vて＋もらう vs Causative
15:15 'please get someone to do something'
16:21 ～てもらおう、　～てもらいましょう
16:46 ～てもらえる
17:15 ～てもらえる in Questions
19:19 Causative Vて＋もらう
20:59 Causative Vて＋もらう in Questions
21:22 Being Humble with Causative Vて＋もらう
23:59 いただく
25:15 Conclusion