Breakdown of kazoku to kurashimashita.

Questions & Answers about kazoku to kurashimashita.
Here, と means with.
So 家族と暮らしました means lived with family. In this sentence, と marks the person or group you lived together with.
Examples:
- 友だちと暮らしました。 = I lived with a friend / friends.
- 一人で暮らしました。 = I lived alone.
Japanese often leaves that kind of information unstated when it is obvious from context.
So 家族 can often be understood as my family in a sentence like this, even though there is no separate word for my.
If needed, Japanese can be more explicit:
- 私の家族と暮らしました。 = I lived with my family.
But in many situations, just 家族と sounds perfectly natural.
Japanese very often omits the subject when it is already clear from context.
So 家族と暮らしました。 could mean:
- I lived with my family
- He lived with his family
- She lived with her family
The exact subject depends on the surrounding conversation or text.
This is one of the most common differences from English: Japanese does not need to state the subject every time.