Anoita

Anoita is a common verb form in the Shona language, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and surrounding regions. It is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb ita, meaning to do or to make. The prefix a- marks the third-person subject, and the root ita conveys the action. The combination anoita literally means "he/she/it does" or "is doing." It is used to describe actions, states, or habitual activities involving a single subject.

In everyday speech, anoita appears in phrases such as anoita zvakanaka (he does well or behaves well), anoita basa (he does work or he works), or anoita zvinotaurwa (he does as he is told). It can be combined with objects or adverbs to express manner, frequency, or purpose. In narrative prose, anoita helps convey ongoing or general actions about a subject.

As part of Shona verb morphology, anoita is one example of subject concord plus a finite verb form that characterizes many sentence structures in the language. For learners, recognizing the a- prefix as a third-person marker and the ita root as “to do/make” is a basic step toward understanding tense and aspect in Shona.

Note: there is no widely recognized topic named Anoita beyond its linguistic usage, and the term should be understood within the context of the Shona language. See also Shona language, Bantu languages.