1 1 me, te, nous, and vous are also used as indirect objects to mean to me, to you, to us, and to you respectively. 2  The pronoun form with an apostrophe is used before a vowel.3  The direct object pronoun for nous and vous is the same as the subject. The direct object pronoun for nous and vous is the same as the subject. 2  When the direct object comes before a verb in a perfect tense, a tense that uses a past participle, the direct object must agree in gender and plurality with the past participle.
A Spanish expedition led by Juan Diaz de Solis arrived in what is now Uruguay in 1516, but the people's fierce resistance to conquest, combined with the absence of gold and silver, limited settlement in the region during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Coastline: 410 miles (660 km). Highest Point: Cerro Catedral at 1,686 feet (514 m). Uruguay (map) is a country located in South America that shares its borders with Argentina and Brazil. The country is the second smallest in South America, after Suriname, with a land area of 68,036 square miles (176,215 sq km). Uruguay has a population of just over 3.5 million people. 1.4 million of Uruguay's citizens live within its capital, Montevideo, or in its surrounding areas. Uruguay is known as being one of South America's most economically developed nations.