YOU SAID:
I was at a party yesterday.
INTO JAPANESE
私は昨日パーティーにいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was at the party yesterday.
INTO JAPANESE
私はパーティーに出席した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was at the party.
INTO JAPANESE
私はパーティーに出席した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was at the party.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.