Κοιτάω αν το email έχει το σωστό συνημμένο πριν το στείλω.

I check whether the email has the correct attachment before I send it.

Breakdown of Κοιτάω αν το email έχει το σωστό συνημμένο πριν το στείλω.

• έχω: to have
• πριν: before
• στέλνω: to send
• το: it

Questions & Answers about Κοιτάω αν το email έχει το σωστό συνημμένο πριν το στείλω.

Why is αν used here? Does it mean if or whether?

Here αν means whether.

So:

• Κοιτάω αν το email έχει το σωστό συνημμένο = I check whether the email has the correct attachment

In English, if and whether can sometimes overlap, but in Greek αν is very commonly used to introduce this kind of indirect yes/no question.

So this is not really a condition like If it rains, I’ll stay home. It is more like:

• I check whether...
• I see if...

That is exactly what αν is doing here.

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Why is it Κοιτάω? Does it literally mean I look?

Yes, κοιτάω literally means I look, but very often in everyday Greek it also means:

• I check
• I examine
• I make sure
• I look to see

So in this sentence, Κοιτάω is best understood as I check or I look to see.

A very natural translation is:

• I check whether the email has the correct attachment before sending it.

You may also see the form κοιτάζω. Both κοιτάω and κοιτάζω are common.

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