تو چای مینوشی یا قهوه؟

A common careful pronunciation is:
to châi mi-nushi yâ qahve?

• تو = to (like “toe”)
• چای = châi (like “chai”)
• می‌نوشی = mi-núshi (stress often on nú)
• یا = yâ (like “yaa”)
• قهوه = qahvé (often said closer to ghahvé in many accents)
  In a choice question, the voice often rises slightly on the first option (چای) and falls at the end.

The standard orthography is می‌نوشی with a zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) between می and the verb so the parts don’t incorrectly join.

• Formal/standard: می‌نوشی
• Common informal typing: مینوشی or می نوشی
  All mean the same; می‌نوشی is the “best practice” spelling.

می- is a very common prefix marking the imperfective aspect. Depending on context, it can mean:

• habitual/general: Do you (generally) drink…?
• ongoing/around now: Are you drinking…? / Do you want…?
  Without more context, it’s often understood as a general preference question.

It comes from نوشیدن (to drink).
می‌نوشی is:

• present imperfective
• 2nd person singular (you, informal)
  So literally: you drink / you are drinking.

Yes, تو can often be dropped because the verb ending already shows the subject:

• (تو) چای می‌نوشی یا قهوه؟
  Including تو can add emphasis (like You—what about you?), or make the subject explicit.

It’s informal because it uses تو and the -ی verb ending. A polite version uses شما:

• شما چای می‌نوشید یا قهوه؟
  In everyday speech, people often say:
• چای می‌نوشید یا قهوه؟ (polite, subject omitted)

In Persian, repeating the verb is optional when it’s understood from context. This is very natural:

• تو چای می‌نوشی یا قهوه؟
  You can repeat it for clarity or emphasis:
• تو چای می‌نوشی یا قهوه می‌نوشی؟
  But the shorter version is more common.

Yes, یا means or and is used to offer alternatives. In Persian, you can do:

• A یا B؟ = A or B?
  There’s also a pattern یا… یا… meaning either… or…, but for simple questions the single یا is very common.

را marks a definite direct object, but in choice questions like this, it’s often omitted because the objects are not strongly definite/specific, and the structure is list-like.
You could say (more specific/emphatic):

• تو چای را می‌نوشی یا قهوه را؟
  But it sounds heavier; the original is the natural everyday phrasing.

Both are correct, but they differ in vibe:

• می‌نوشی = more “literally drink,” a bit more formal/standard
• می‌خوری (from خوردن, to eat/consume) = very common colloquial Persian for drinks too
  So many people would casually ask: چای می‌خوری یا قهوه؟

It can be either, depending on context and situation:

• At a café/hosting someone: often means What would you like, tea or coffee?
• In a general conversation: often means Do you (usually) drink tea or coffee?
  If you want to be explicit about “right now,” you might add something like الان (now) or use a “want” structure (varies by style).

A straightforward negative uses نمی-:

• تو چای نمی‌نوشی یا قهوه؟ = Don’t you drink tea or coffee? (often sounds like checking/confirming)
  For “You don’t drink tea or coffee” as a statement, you’d usually clarify the meaning more explicitly (because یا can be ambiguous in negatives):
• تو نه چای می‌نوشی نه قهوه. = You drink neither tea nor coffee.