Japanese: Plural and Singular

Okay so, I've been thinking about languages a lot recently. Mostly about English in comparison to Japanese. In English we has all these little oddities in out language that would make it really difficult to learn if you weren't a native speaker. I'm starting to wonder about the difficulties of Japanese language. In America we have the pular forms and agreeing verbs and what not, but in Japanese plural and singular is the same unless your using counting numbers. In Japanese if you want to show plurality who would say 'some apple' or ' a few apple'. In English you can say Apples but if you use the phrase 'a few' or 'some' you also have to make the noun plural.
EX: 'some appleS', 'a few appleS'
English is a lot more difficult then Japanese in this way. The hardest thing of an American of native English speaker is wrapping their minds around these ideas. Their small details but it make a huge difference when it comes to learning a new language.
I'm still beginning, but I will continue to post the difference I learn from Japanese language and the English lanuage.

I hope this has helped someone.

Jaa ne.