What does “een nieuwe stap zetten in een relatie” mean?
Guido vraagt naar een nieuwe stap in hun relatie
A2 Dutch listening practice · Flemish Dutch · Picked for people who know a little
Flanders has two never-ending soaps, watched in tandem by half the country: *Familie (VTM, since 1991) and Thuis (Eén, since 1995). Both run nightly, both follow extended families through ordinary-and-overheated drama, and both have outlived multiple generations of cast. Familie is the older and slightly trashier; Thuis the slightly more public-broadcaster-prestige one. Together they form the spine of Flemish prime-time, and a “nieuwe stap*” in a relationship is the standard soap-grammar for moving in together.
In this VTM clip, Guido stumbles through asking that exact question: “We kennen elkaar al een tijdje... Een nieuwe stap voor onze relatie.”
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- ▸In Flemish TV-and-celebrity press (Het Laatste Nieuws showbizz, Dag Allemaal, Story)
- ▸On the soaps' home networks (VTM, Eén, VRT NWS)
- ▸In Flemish broadsheet TV criticism (De Standaard, De Morgen, Het Nieuwsblad)
- ▸In Belgian relationship-and-lifestyle radio (Radio 2, MNM, Joe)