Breakdown of Ρωτάω αν τα παπούτσια έχουν εγγύηση που να καλύπτει εκατό τοις εκατό το κόστος.
Questions & Answers about Ρωτάω αν τα παπούτσια έχουν εγγύηση που να καλύπτει εκατό τοις εκατό το κόστος.
Both ρωτάω and ρωτώ mean I ask / I am asking. They are just two present-tense forms of the same verb ρωτάω / ρωτώ.
- Ρωτάω is more common in everyday spoken Greek; it sounds more colloquial.
- Ρωτώ is a bit more formal or literary.
In your sentence, you can say either:
- Ρωτάω αν τα παπούτσια έχουν εγγύηση… (very natural in speech)
- Ρωτώ αν τα παπούτσια έχουν εγγύηση… (a bit more formal, but still fine)
Grammatically, both are correct.
In this sentence, αν means if / whether and introduces an indirect yes/no question:
- Ρωτάω αν τα παπούτσια έχουν εγγύηση…
I’m asking if / whether the shoes have a warranty…
This is like English:
- I’m asking *if the shoes have a warranty…*
- I’m asking *whether the shoes have a warranty…*
So here αν does not mean a conditional “if X then Y”; it is just used after verbs like ρωτάω, ξέρω, θέλω να μάθω to report yes/no questions:
- Ξέρω αν θα έρθει. – I know if he will come.
- Θέλω να μάθω αν δουλεύει ακόμα εδώ. – I want to find out if she still works here.