Tôi phóng to chủ thể.

I zoom in on the subject.

Breakdown of Tôi phóng to chủ thể.

• tôi: me
• chủ thể: the photographic subject
• phóng to: to zoom in; enlarge

Questions & Answers about Tôi phóng to chủ thể.

What does each word in Tôi phóng to chủ thể mean?

• Tôi = I
• phóng to = to enlarge, to zoom in, or to magnify depending on context
• chủ thể = subject (for example, the main subject in a photo, image, or discussion)

So grammatically, it is:

I + enlarge/zoom in on + the subject

Vietnamese often keeps a simple Subject–Verb–Object order, which is what you see here.

Is phóng to one verb, or is to a separate word meaning big?

Here, phóng to functions together as a verb phrase.

Even though to by itself means big, in phóng to the combination means to enlarge / magnify / zoom in. So you should learn it as a set expression in this context.

A useful contrast is:

• phóng to = enlarge / zoom in
• thu nhỏ = reduce / shrink / zoom out

So yes, learners should treat phóng to here as a unit of meaning.

Why is the word order Tôi phóng to chủ thể and not something else?