How do native English speakers say "give them"?

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

give them → give'em | Elision

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

"give them" becomes "give'em" — a elision pattern. This reduction involves the elision (dropping) of the 'th' sound /ð/ in 'them', which then reduces to a schwa /ə/ followed by /m/. This is a very common feature in casual speech.

give them → give'em /ɡɪvəm/ Elision

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

This reduction involves the elision (dropping) of the 'th' sound /ð/ in 'them', which then reduces to a schwa /ə/ followed by /m/. This is a very common feature in casual speech.

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give them → give'em

/ɡɪvəm/

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

This reduction involves the elision (dropping) of the 'th' sound /ð/ in 'them', which then reduces to a schwa /ə/ followed by /m/. This is a very common feature in casual speech.

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Example 1

Could you give them a call later today?

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Example 2

I'll give them all the information they need.

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Example 3

Just give them a moment to finish up.

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Example 4

Just give 'em a heads-up about the meeting change.

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Example 5

Hey, can you give 'em these files when they get here?

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give them → give'em