3rd tones in phrases
3rd tone sandhi in phrases:

Question 1:
请你给我

Supposedly, all four syllables are 3rd tones
Qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ
but the phrase is actually spoken more like
Qíng ni géi wo
isn’t it?

Question 2:
很美好
hěn měihǎo

Does the 3rd tone sandhi only effect the 美 and not the 很 ? Would that be:
Hěn méihǎo

If so, is that because 美好 is a compound word?

Thanks for taking the time to read my questions :)

Question

3rd tones in phrases
3rd tone sandhi in phrases:

Question 1:
请你给我

Supposedly, all four syllables are 3rd tones
Qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ
but the phrase is actually spoken more like
Qíng ni géi wo
isn’t it?

Question 2:
很美好
hěn měihǎo

Does the 3rd tone sandhi only effect the 美 and not the 很 ? Would that be:
Hěn méihǎo

If so, is that because 美好 is a compound word?

Thanks for taking the time to read my questions :)

Answer

right 
maybe this video can help you 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAqayUpWr_o

Answer

In Mandarin, a 3rd-tone character is ursally pronounced as to its original tone only when it's read as a separate single one.

when 2 or more  3rd-tone characters come togerher, the tonal patterns depend on

1) firstly and essentially, the construction of the phrase. Basic rhythmic units as well as tonal patterns are grounded on the phrases including respectively 2 (radical), 1 (radical) or three characters; and the 3-character phrases, to some extent,  can be seen to be  potentially built by a one-character phrase plus a two-character one. Generally, people say a phrase in rhythm according to its internal structure. Examples:

2) Basic rhythmic units and tonal patterns: two/three-character phrases

3) where you're putting the focus of your meaning on. Examples:

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