La interesa titolo igis min malfermi la romanon kaj legi la unuan ĉapitron tie mem.

The interesting title made me open the novel and read the first chapter right there.

Breakdown of La interesa titolo igis min malfermi la romanon kaj legi la unuan ĉapitron tie mem.

• la: the
• kaj: and
• min: me
• legi: to read

Questions & Answers about La interesa titolo igis min malfermi la romanon kaj legi la unuan ĉapitron tie mem.

Why does the sentence start with La interesa titolo instead of just interesa titolo?

La means the. So La interesa titolo means the interesting title.

In Esperanto, la is used much like English the: when you mean a specific thing, not just any one. Without la, interesa titolo would mean an interesting title or interesting title in a more general sense.

Why is it interesa titolo and not interesan titolon?

Because La interesa titolo is the subject of the sentence: it is the thing doing the causing.

In Esperanto:

• the subject normally has no -n
• a direct object normally takes -n

So here:

• La interesa titolo = the subject
• min = object of igis
• la romanon = object of malfermi
• la unuan ĉapitron = object of legi

What does igis mean here?