Ah, that’s where it becomes really interesting! Just look!
Yes, it is possible to pronounce the “where” question with an intonation of “WHERE do you work?” or, in Chinese tones it’s ‘where4 do5 you5 work5?’ with the quick tone 4 pitch at the very first word! =))) This intonation pattern is also possible in Russian, BUT it serves a very special purpose of which I’ll tell a bit later. Strangely enough, this is NOT the normal intonation for this type of sentence! =)))
The normal one would be like, “Where do you WORK?” or, in Chinese tones, ‘where1 do1 you1 work4?’ The reason behind this difference is, the first intonation pattern makes an emphatic, or you may call it, a shifted stress to a question word implying the following idea in the question, “I do know you work, but what I want to know is WHERE EXACTLY?” Whereas the second intonation pattern for question in Russian is just an ordinary unemphatic question implying, “I’m just qurious where you work, is all…”
As for the second example, “Tomorrow working?” they are right but to show you how it exactly sounds in Russian I need to use the Chinese tones used for Cantonese, not Mandarin Chinese, as they have 6 tones instead of 4 plus neutral one in Mandarin!
The third tone in Cantonese is the so-called ‘mid-flat tone’ and this is what is used here in Russian, i.e. ‘To3-mor3-row3 work1 ing5?’
Notice a very peculiar feature for Russian questions, the last STRESSED syllable goes to tone 1 but the REMAINING UNSTRESSED ones go to tone 5, i.e. MUCH lower, and this is something that Russian native speakers never notice! As you could hear from Yevgeny, they all think that the intonation in questions goes JUST upwards! No, it’s not all THAT simpe! =)))
Notice also, that you may make an emphatic stress shift with the first word stressed instead of the second one which would imply, 'Is it TOMORROW as well, that you work?" The Chinese tone pattern would be like ‘to3 mor1 row5 work5 ing5?’ Pay attention to an almost identical pitch of the remaining UNSTRESSED syllables after the LAST stressed syllable which goes to tone 1 ! =)))
I watched Luca’s Russian, and also my favorite Tagalog explanations of his! =))) He makes mistakes, not very often, but you have to double-check all the time what and how he explains!