Akşam kabak çorbası yapacağız, ama köftenin yanına biraz salça da koyacağız.

In the evening we will make zucchini soup, but we will also put a little tomato paste next to the meatballs.

Breakdown of Akşam kabak çorbası yapacağız, ama köftenin yanına biraz salça da koyacağız.

• ama: but
• yapmak: to make
• da: also
• biraz: some

Questions & Answers about Akşam kabak çorbası yapacağız, ama köftenin yanına biraz salça da koyacağız.

What does akşam mean here? Is it evening or tonight?

Here akşam is being used as a time expression, so it means this evening / tonight, depending on context.

Turkish often uses time words without a preposition:

• sabah = in the morning
• öğlen = at noon
• akşam = in the evening / tonight
• yarın = tomorrow

So Akşam kabak çorbası yapacağız naturally means We’ll make pumpkin soup tonight / this evening.

If the speaker wanted to be more explicit, they could say bu akşam = this evening / tonight.

Why is there no word for we in the sentence?

Turkish usually does not need a subject pronoun if the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Both verbs here end in -ğiz / -ğiz type first-person plural marking:

• yapacağız = we will make
• koyacağız = we will put

So biz is optional. You could say Biz akşam kabak çorbası yapacağız, but it is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

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