Chats

J'ai deux chats. J'ai un chat orange et blanc, et un(e) chat(te) noir(e).

"Have" a cat not "be" a cat. Unless you are a cat.

to have = avoir

to be = être

Chats

Je suis J'ai duex chats. J'ai un chat orange et blanche, et un chat noire.

Hi Caity, I'm learning too, so someone correct me if I'm wrong...

Two big things to build upon: the three verbs of etre, avoir, and aller--they are everywhere and need lots of memorization practice--I'm still not quite at the point where they're second nature, but they should be!  And second, keep making sure the adjectives match the noun in number and gender as well, like above.  Merci and bonne chance!