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Tu bois le thé pour le déjeuner ?

Tu bois le thé pour le déjeuner ?
Do you drink tea for lunch?
From Lesson 20:Yes/no questions with intonation (Tu parles ?)·French

Questions & Answers about Tu bois le thé pour le déjeuner ?

Where is the word for "Do" in this question?
There isn't one! In spoken French, you can turn a normal statement into a question just by raising the pitch of your voice at the end. You don't need to add a word for "Do" or change the order of the words. This is a very common way to ask casual yes/no questions.
Why does it use le thé instead of du thé? I thought we use du with drinks.
You usually use du to mean "some" (like Je bois du thé for "I am drinking some tea"). However, using le (the) here treats tea as a general category or habit. The question is asking "Is tea what you usually drink for lunch?" rather than "Are you drinking some tea right now?"
Is déjeuner a noun or a verb in this sentence?
It is a noun meaning "lunch". You can tell because it comes right after the word le (the). Déjeuner can also be used as a verb meaning "to eat lunch", but here it acts as a noun following the word pour (for).
Why does bois end with an "s" if it's spoken aloud without the "s" sound?
French verbs often have silent letters at the end depending on who is doing the action. The verb is boire (to drink), and the form for Tu (you) is always bois. The "s" is just a spelling rule for the Tu form, even though you just pronounce it like "bwa".

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