"Do you drink the water?"

[based2]

Et pouquoi pas: Buvez-vous de l'eau ?

[Sitesurf]

"the" water is a definite article, which translates in le/la/l' /les definite articles.

"buvez-vous de l'eau ?" = "do you drink (some) water?"

[mdupree]

thanks! that makes sense. I kept getting those wrong. :)