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.
Giant Rodent Fossil Found In Uruguay. In this image released in London Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 by the Royal Society, an artist's illustration shows variations on the head of Josephoartigasia monesi, a newly discovered extinct species of rodent. Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America.