How do native English speakers say "some of them"?

Native speakers reduce "some of them" to "some 'o' 'em" (/sʌm əm/) in natural speech. a part of a group of people or things

some of them → some 'o' 'em | Elision

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

"some of them" becomes "some 'o' 'em" — a elision pattern. Elision is when sounds or syllables are dropped to make speech faster and smoother. Here, the 'f' sound in 'of' and the 'th' sound at the beginning of 'them' are often completely removed in natural speech.

some of them → some 'o' 'em /sʌm əm/ Elision

a part of a group of people or things

Elision is when sounds or syllables are dropped to make speech faster and smoother. Here, the 'f' sound in 'of' and the 'th' sound at the beginning of 'them' are often completely removed in natural speech.

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some of them → some 'o' 'em

/sʌm əm/

a part of a group of people or things

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Example 1

I've got some of them right here.

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Did you see some of them leave already?

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Example 3

I've already cleaned some o' em.

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Example 4

Don't worry, some o' em will understand.

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Example 5

Yeah, some o' em are pretty old.

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some of them → some 'o' 'em