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Sorry if this question seems silly, I do not know Latin... I wonder if someone can help me with the proper translation for: "I came, I attended, I left"
With the help of google translate i got something like this: "Veni, Attendi sum, ego abierunt"
Now, is that correct?
No, it isn't correct.
Veni, adfui, abii — literally I came, I was there, I went away.
For reference, here's what you did write:
Veni
I came
Attendi sum
Attendi is either the first person perfectum I have attended or a second person present or imperative, you attended or do attend!. Sum is just 'I am'. Since you can't have two finite verbs in a sentence, I would think there's some ellipsis involved like "I have attended [for] I am".
ego abierunt
Latin verbs don't need an explicit subject: veni means I came, not just came. In case "ego" is included as a subject (and it is, because ego is the first person nominative), it means to convey emphasis. However, abierunt means "They have left', so the subject and verb don't match.
All in all, it sounds like a small child who is upset that everybody left when they came, and is having trouble talking while crying at such indignity:
I came, I have attended... I am... (sniffle) They left I!"
Tom Cotton's Veni, adfui, abii is pretty good. In this case, one might also use the pluperfect forms of venio and adsum, as: Veneram, adfueram, et abii, though if you are looking for some kind of motto or something similar, that does take a little bit of the "ring" out of the phrase.
By the way, Google Translate is terrible for Latin; it cannot render correct parts of speech or forms for agreement. Those who study Latin know to never depend upon it.
