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.
The Spaniards first entered the territory that is now Bolivia in 1535, but they did not fight any precious metals that they were looking for. Ten years later, the Spanish discovered the silver in PotosÃ­ and quickly relocated to that location. PotosÃ­ was officially established by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo in 1572, although it served as an urban-industrial center since 1545, the year in which rich veins of silver were discovered.