Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız, ama ben yanına biraz tarhana çorbası da istiyorum.

Akşam means in the evening / tonight here.

In Turkish, some time words can be used on their own as adverbials without needing a case ending. So:

• Akşam geleceğim. = I’ll come tonight / in the evening.
• Yarın görüşürüz. = See you tomorrow.

So Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız means We’ll make leek stew/dish tonight.

Pırasa means leek.

Yemek can mean food, meal, dish, and yemeği here is part of a noun phrase meaning the leek dish / a leek dish, more naturally leek stew or a dish made with leeks.

So:

• pırasa yemeği = leek dish / leek stew
• fasulye yemeği = bean dish
• patlıcan yemeği = eggplant dish

This is a very common Turkish pattern: [ingredient] + yemeği.

This is because of a common Turkish noun-compound pattern.

In compounds like this, the second noun usually takes the third-person possessive ending:

• pırasa yemeği
• tarhana çorbası
• sebze çorbası

Even though English does not show this structure, Turkish often does. You can think of it as the standard way to say things like:

• leek dish
• tarhana soup
• vegetable soup

So yemeği here is not really the food in the ordinary sense; it is the normal compound form in pırasa yemeği.

Yes, yapacağız literally means we will do / we will make.

But in Turkish, yapmak is often used where English would say cook, prepare, or make food.

So:

• Yemek yapacağım. = I’ll cook / I’ll make food.
• Çorba yaptım. = I made soup.

Here, Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız naturally means We’re going to make/cook leek stew tonight.

Yapacağız breaks down like this:

• yap- = do / make
• -acak / -ecek = future tense
• -ız / -iz / -uz / -üz = we

Because of vowel harmony and consonant changes:

• yap-acak-ız becomes yapacağız

So yapacağız = we will make / do.

Turkish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person.

So istiyorum already means I want.

That means ben is not grammatically necessary, but it is often added for emphasis or contrast. In this sentence:

• ama ben ... istiyorum = but I want ...

The ben helps create a contrast with the earlier we in yapacağız:

• We are making leek stew,
• but I also want some tarhana soup with it.

So ben is used for emphasis, not because Turkish requires it.

Yanına means to its side / alongside it / with it.

It comes from:

• yan = side
• yanı = its side
• yanına = to its side

In food contexts, yanına often means as a side dish or to go with it.

So:

• yanına biraz tarhana çorbası = some tarhana soup with it / alongside it

It does not literally mean the soup is physically placed next to it only; it means it is served together with the main dish.

The -a / -e ending is the dative case, often meaning to or toward.

Here:

• yanı = its side
• yanına = to its side

Turkish often uses this form in idiomatic expressions like:

• yanına ekmek alalım = let’s get bread to go with it
• balığın yanına salata güzel gider = salad goes well with fish

So the dative here helps express the idea of something accompanying something else.

Biraz means a little / some.

Here it softens and naturalizes the request:

• biraz tarhana çorbası = some tarhana soup

Without biraz, tarhana çorbası da istiyorum would still be correct, but biraz makes it sound more natural if you mean some amount of soup rather than speaking about the dish more generally.

Tarhana is a traditional Turkish soup base made from a dried fermented mixture, often involving yogurt, flour, and vegetables.

Çorba means soup, and çorbası is the compound form used in noun compounds.

So:

• tarhana çorbası = tarhana soup

This is the same pattern as:

• domates çorbası = tomato soup
• mercimek çorbası = lentil soup

This is the same compound pattern seen in pırasa yemeği.

In Turkish, when one noun describes another, the second noun often takes the third-person possessive ending:

• tarhana çorbası
• domates çorbası
• tavuk suyu çorbası

So çorbası is the normal way to say tarhana soup in Turkish.

Here da means also / too.

So:

• tarhana çorbası da istiyorum = I want tarhana soup too / as well

It shows that the speaker wants that in addition to the leek dish.

This da is separate from the locative suffix -da/-de. Compare:

• Ben de geliyorum. = I’m coming too.
• Evdeyim. = I’m at home.

In your sentence, it is the separate word meaning also.

In Turkish, da usually comes right after the word or phrase it emphasizes.

So:

• tarhana çorbası da istiyorum emphasizes that tarhana soup also is wanted.

Depending on placement, the emphasis can shift. For example:

• Ben de istiyorum. = I want it too.
• Tarhana çorbası da istiyorum. = I want tarhana soup too.

In this sentence, the focus is on adding tarhana soup to the meal.

Because the sentence has two different subjects:

• yapacağız = we will make
• istiyorum = I want

So the meaning is:

• Tonight we’ll make leek stew, but I also want some tarhana soup with it.

This is very natural in Turkish. The speaker is talking about a shared plan first, then giving a personal preference.

Turkish word order is flexible, although the given version is very natural.

The neutral structure often puts the verb near the end:

• Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız, ama ben yanına biraz tarhana çorbası da istiyorum.

But you could move things for emphasis, for example:

• Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız, ama ben biraz tarhana çorbası da yanına istiyorum.
  This is less natural than the original, but understandable.

The original sentence sounds good because:

• Akşam sets the time first,
• pırasa yemeği gives the main dish,
• yanına introduces the side/addition,
• da marks also,
• istiyorum finishes the clause naturally.

İstiyorum literally means I want.

Depending on tone and context, it can sound perfectly normal, not rude. In everyday Turkish, it is often used naturally for preferences:

• Kahve istiyorum. = I want coffee.
• Ben de gelmek istiyorum. = I want to come too.

If someone wants to sound softer or more polite, they might say:

• isterim in some contexts
• olsun istiyorum
• alabilir miyiz?
• yapalım mı?

But in your sentence, istiyorum is completely normal because the speaker is just expressing a preference in a casual context.

Yes. Akşam literally means evening, but in context it often translates naturally as tonight.

So this sentence could be understood as:

• In the evening, we’ll make leek stew...
• more naturally in English: Tonight, we’ll make leek stew...

English often prefers tonight where Turkish simply uses akşam.

It has two clauses joined by ama (but):

1. Akşam pırasa yemeği yapacağız

   • Tonight we’ll make leek stew

2. ama ben yanına biraz tarhana çorbası da istiyorum

   • but I also want some tarhana soup with it

So the full idea is:

• a shared plan: we’ll make leek stew
• plus a personal addition: I want some tarhana soup with it too

That contrast is one of the key things the sentence is expressing.