Ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο, ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση.

This is a fixed expression meaning regardless of whether.

It is built from:

• ανεξάρτητα = independently / regardless
• από = from
• το αν = whether

So literally, it is something like independently from whether..., but in natural English you would usually translate it as regardless of whether...

This is a fairly common and quite formal-sounding way to introduce a condition that does not affect the main action.

In Greek, το αν often works as a unit meaning whether after certain expressions.

So:

• αν by itself usually means if
• το αν can function more like whether

After expressions like ανεξάρτητα από, Greek normally uses το αν rather than bare αν.

So:

• ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο = regardless of whether I have a contract

This is a structure English speakers often just have to get used to, because Greek often uses the article το to turn a clause into something more noun-like.

Yes. Έχω συμβόλαιο is the normal Greek way to say I have a contract.

Greek uses έχω = I have with many things that English also uses have for:

• έχω αυτοκίνητο = I have a car
• έχω χρόνο = I have time
• έχω συμβόλαιο = I have a contract

So there is nothing unusual here. It is the straightforward verb choice.

Συμβόλαιο is the direct object of έχω, so it is in the accusative.

However, συμβόλαιο is a neuter noun, and in the singular, the nominative and accusative forms are the same:

• nominative: το συμβόλαιο
• accusative: το συμβόλαιο

So the form itself does not change here.

As for the missing article, Greek often omits the article with nouns like this when speaking in a more general sense:

• έχω συμβόλαιο = I have a contract / I am under contract

If you said έχω το συμβόλαιο, that would usually mean I have the contract — a specific contract document already known in context.

So:

• έχω συμβόλαιο = I have a contract
• έχω το συμβόλαιο = I have the contract

The comma separates the introductory clause from the main clause.

Structure:

• Ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο, = introductory dependent clause
• ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση. = main clause

This is similar to English:

• Regardless of whether I have a contract, I check the pricing.

The comma helps readability and is standard punctuation here.

Ελέγχω is the present tense, first person singular: I check / I am checking.

In Greek, the present tense can express:

• a current action
• a habitual action
• a general statement

Without more context, this sentence most naturally sounds like a general or habitual statement:

• I check the pricing, regardless of whether I have a contract.

If the speaker wanted to emphasize a one-time completed action, Greek might use a different form, such as the aorist:

• έλεγξα = I checked

So ελέγχω here most likely means I check or I’m checking, depending on context.

Not exactly. Τιμολόγηση usually means pricing, price-setting, or the pricing process/structure.

It is different from:

• τιμή = price
• τιμές = prices

So:

• ελέγχω την τιμή = I check the price
• ελέγχω τις τιμές = I check the prices
• ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση = I check the pricing / pricing policy / how something is priced

This makes τιμολόγηση sound a bit broader and often a bit more business-like or formal.

Greek uses the definite article much more often than English does.

With abstract or general nouns, Greek often still prefers the article:

• ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση
• literally: I check the pricing
• natural English: I check pricing or I check the pricing

So the article την does not necessarily mean a very specific pricing system in the same way English the always might. Greek simply tends to include the article in places where English may omit it.

Without the article, ελέγχω τιμολόγηση would sound unnatural in standard Greek.

Yes, you could.

The given sentence starts with the regardless of whether... phrase because it sets the condition first:

• Ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο, ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση.

But Greek word order is flexible, so you could also say:

• Ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο.

Both are grammatical.

The version with the introductory phrase first sounds a bit more structured and slightly more formal. The meaning stays the same.

It sounds neutral to somewhat formal.

Reasons:

• Ανεξάρτητα από το αν... is a fairly polished connector
• τιμολόγηση is a business-like word
• the whole sentence has an administrative or professional tone

In casual speech, someone might choose a simpler structure, for example:

• Είτε έχω συμβόλαιο είτε όχι, ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση.
• Whether I have a contract or not, I check the pricing.

That version is often more conversational.

Yes, absolutely.

A very natural alternative is:

• Είτε έχω συμβόλαιο είτε όχι, ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση.

This means:

• Whether I have a contract or not, I check the pricing.

Comparison:

• Ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο... = more formal, more abstract
• Είτε έχω συμβόλαιο είτε όχι... = often more direct and conversational

Both are correct. The original sentence is not wrong at all; it just has a slightly more formal tone.

In Greek, the verb ending usually already shows the subject.

Here:

• έχω = I have
• ελέγχω = I check

Because the verb endings already indicate first person singular, Greek normally does not need the pronoun εγώ.

You could add it for emphasis:

• Ανεξάρτητα από το αν εγώ έχω συμβόλαιο, ελέγχω την τιμολόγηση.

But that would sound marked or contrastive, as if you were stressing I specifically.

So in normal Greek, leaving out the pronoun is standard.

A few small things may help:

• Ανεξάρτητα
  Stress on -ξάρ-: a-ne-XAR-ti-ta

• συμβόλαιο
  Stress on -βό-: sim-VO-le-o
  Also note that μβ is often pronounced like mb or b, depending on speech style.

• τιμολόγηση
  Stress on -λό-: ti-mo-LO-gi-si

Also remember that Greek stress marks are important. Moving the stress can make a word sound wrong or even create a different form.

In this sentence, you should think of it as whether, not ordinary if.

On its own, αν often corresponds to if:

• αν έρθει = if he comes

But in the structure το αν, especially after expressions like ανεξάρτητα από, it functions more like whether:

• ανεξάρτητα από το αν έχω συμβόλαιο = regardless of whether I have a contract

So the best way to understand it here is:

• το αν = whether

That is one of the most useful takeaways for a learner.