YOU SAID:
パパは日没までに家に帰ったと言った
INTO JAPANESE
パパは日没までに家に帰ったと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Dad said he was home by sunset.
INTO JAPANESE
お父さんは日没までに家に帰ったと言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Dad said he was home by sunset.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.