How do native English speakers say "give them"?

Native speakers reduce "give them" to "givem" (ˈɡɪvəm) in natural speech. To provide or hand over something to a group of people or things.

give them → givem | Reduction

Q: What is the connected speech form of "give them"?

"give them" becomes "givem" — a reduction pattern. This is an unstressed pronoun reduction where 'them' loses its initial 'th' sound and becomes 'em', blending with the preceding verb 'give'. This makes the two words sound like one, 'givem'.

give them → givem ˈɡɪvəm Reduction

To provide or hand over something to a group of people or things.

This is an unstressed pronoun reduction where 'them' loses its initial 'th' sound and becomes 'em', blending with the preceding verb 'give'. This makes the two words sound like one, 'givem'.

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give them → givem

ˈɡɪvəm

To provide or hand over something to a group of people or things.

This is an unstressed pronoun reduction where 'them' loses its initial 'th' sound and becomes 'em', blending with the preceding verb 'give'. This makes the two words sound like one, 'givem'.

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Example 1

Can you give them to me later?

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I'll give them a call tomorrow.

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Example 3

She always tries to give them her best advice.

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Example 4

Just givem the details when you're ready.

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Example 5

Did you givem the heads-up about the meeting?

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