Russian: Listening to the Radio
Have I translated my American English to Russian correctly, does it sound natural, and is the word order correct too?

Their father listens to the radio in the kitchen every morning.

= Каждое утро, их отец слушает радио на кухне.

*** Also... in Russian, is "radio" actually a direct object? Apparently in English, it is actually an indirect object. So it seems like our two languages assign a different grammatical role to "radio" here. Hmmm.

Question

Russian: Listening to the Radio
Have I translated my American English to Russian correctly, does it sound natural, and is the word order correct too?

Their father listens to the radio in the kitchen every morning.

= Каждое утро, их отец слушает радио на кухне.

*** Also... in Russian, is "radio" actually a direct object? Apparently in English,  it is actually an indirect object. So it seems like our two languages assign a different grammatical role to "radio" here. Hmmm.

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That's when they talk about ' listen" You can just listen.( without direct object) I am listening carefully. In this case it's intransitive
I think

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Hi Shawn!  
You can talk about natural word order only in Context. Otherwise any word order in Russian is correct , but will be natural only within a certain context.

Here is a link to find out more --->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3pUMyhGLI

Радио is a direct object both in English and Russian. Listen is intransitive,  'Listen to' is a transitive phrasal  verb and has to be complemented with a direct object.  When you give something TO someone that's indirect object. In Russian we are more consistent with the idea of showing indirect or direct object.

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That sounds ok! I am very happy for you! Yes it's a direct object.

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