May the force be with you


The official transition is:

> フォースと共にあれ

Can you break it down for me? What is あれ in this sentence?




  * フォース -- "the force" 
  * と -- the case particle "with~~" 
  * [共]{とも}に (noun 共 + particle に) -- adverbially, "together". ≂「[一緒]{いっしょ}に」. 「共に」 sounds more literary/stiff and less colloquial than 「一緒に」. 
  * あれ -- the imperative form (命令形) of the verb ある, meaning "to exist; to be".

So フォースと共にあれ literally means:

> "(imperative) Be/Exist together with the force."  
>  i.e. "May you be with the force".  
>  ("May the force be with you" would literally be more like 「フォース **が**
> （あなたと）共にあれ・あらんことを」.)

(More colloquially it's like 「フォースと一緒にいろ・いなさい・いてください」)




  * フォース -- "the force" 
  * と -- the case particle "with~~" 
  * [共]{とも}に (noun 共 + particle に) -- adverbially, "together". ≂「[一緒]{いっしょ}に」. 「共に」 sounds more literary/stiff and less colloquial than 「一緒に」. 
  * あれ -- the imperative form (命令形) of the verb ある, meaning "to exist; to be".

So フォースと共にあれ literally means:

> "(imperative) Be/Exist together with the force."  
>  i.e. "May you be with the force".  
>  ("May the force be with you" would literally be more like 「フォース **が**
> （あなたと）共にあれ・あらんことを」.)

(More colloquially it's like 「フォースと一緒にいろ・いなさい・いてください」)

