In this sentence, the word "Jagen" should actually be capitalized, because it's used like a noun. "Im Augenblick ist sie Jagen" means "right now, she's out hunting". German doesn't have a simple and a continuous verb form, i.e. "she hunts" and "she is hunting" both translates as "sie jagt", but by using a present tense form of "to be" (sein) and the infinitive of a verb as a noun, you can achieve a similar effect. For example, if I wanted to say "they are out shopping right now", you could say "Sie sind gerade Einkaufen". "gerade" is a word that is often used to say "at the moment".
Construction with "sein" + infinitive?
In Harry Potter, the sentence
> I'll send this with Hedwig when she gets back; she's off hunting at the moment.
is translated as
> Ich schick dir diesen Brief mit Hedwig, sobald sie zurückkommt, im Augenblick ist sie jagen.
What type of construction is "im Augenblick ist sie jagen"?
It is not present tense -- that would be "im Augenblick jagt sie"
It's not a noun phrase either -- that would be something like "im Augenblick ist sie zum Jagen".
Is this construction at all correct?
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