In the sentence “Hiking is fun,” the word “fun” is an adjective. What should someone look for? Is the build type like “My mother is tall…” or “my mother is tall (literally)?”? The

word “Fun” can be a noun as well as an adjective, and the verb “is” can link two nouns (“My mother is a teacher”), so I can see where you might be confused. What English speakers could understand from the sentence “Hiking is fun,” almost as if it were shorthand for “Hiking is a fun thing to do.” What

is a standard in English language schools?

In the sentence “Hiking is fun,” the word “fun” is an adjective. What should someone look for? Is the build type like “My mother is tall…” or “my mother is tall (literally)?”? The

word “Fun” can be a noun as well as an adjective, and the verb “is” can link two nouns (“My mother is a teacher”), so I can see where you might be confused. What English speakers could understand from the sentence “Hiking is fun,” almost as if it were shorthand for “Hiking is a fun thing to do.” What

is a standard in English language schools?

I think browsing, perusing, or window shopping really do the trick here, because they all imply that the girls are focused on the merchandise, even if they don’t intend to buy anything. The phrase “hanging out” is accurate. As a child of the 1960s in the US, I would use the phrase “child and child.” “These girls are hanging out at the mall. For some reason I don’t even think they are around….” As I say, that’s a very 1960s American youth English kind of phrase, and I cannot guarantee that it translates well to other times or places. I would look the definition’s definition up in the OED to see if there are recent

use examples.