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Are you an architect? / I asked if he is an

architect.

部屋は大きいです。 / 部屋は大きいと言いました。

Heya wa ōkii desu. / Heya wa ōkii to iimashita.
The room is big. / He said the room was big.

部屋は大きいですか。/ 部屋は大きいかと聞きまし

た。
Heya wa ōkii desu ka. / Heya wa ōkii ka to kiki mashita.
Is the room big? / He asked if the room was big.

The meaning of the quotation particle to is something like

‘close quotes’ or ‘end of quotation,’ but it gets translated
various ways in English: he said THAT he’d come, she asked

IF there was any, I thought (ZERO) I’d go. Here are some
more examples of quotations:

どの建物が郵便局か聞いてみましょう。

Dono tatemono ga yūbinkyoku ka kiite mimashō.
Let’s ask which building is the post office.

３０分歩くと疲れると言うんです。
Sanjup-pun aruku to tsukareru to iu n desu.