Breakdown of Ik heb het ermee gehad vanwege al dat gedoe!
ik
I
hebben
to have
dat
that (het-words)
het
it
ermee
with it
vanwege
because of / due to (reason)
al
all (the)
het gedoe
the hassle / the fuss
Questions & Answers about Ik heb het ermee gehad vanwege al dat gedoe!
Why do we use both het and ermee to mean "fed up"?
The phrase het ermee gehad hebben is a fixed idiom meaning "to have had it with it" or "to be fed up with it." The het is a vague direct object referring to the general situation, while ermee (er + mee) means "with it." Just like in English ("I have had it with it"), both elements are required for the idiom to work.
Why is the word order het ermee instead of ermee het?
In Dutch word order, the unstressed direct object pronoun het is placed as early as possible in the middle of the sentence. This means it naturally precedes pronominal adverbs like ermee, erop, or ervan.
Could I use omdat instead of vanwege here?
No, because vanwege is a preposition (meaning "because of") and must be followed by a noun phrase, which in this case is al dat gedoe. The word omdat is a conjunction (meaning "because") and must introduce a full subordinate clause with a subject and a verb, such as ... omdat er al dat gedoe is.
Why is it al dat gedoe and not alle dat gedoe?
When translating "all that...", you always use the uninflected form al before demonstrative pronouns like dat, dit, die, or deze. You generally only use alle when it directly precedes a plural noun. Additionally, because gedoe (hassle or fuss) is a neuter het-word, we must use the pronoun dat.
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