tagad conjunction English. With a negative it introduces a time clause which is in connection with another, later event; before, yet. Example sentence: Subanen. Kanugdin, dekag ami mipanaw ditug Lapuyan, nda' ami tagad dateng ditu, ditug Buug migela'an ami gasulina. English. A few years ago, when we were going to Lapuyan, before we got there, in Buug we ran out of gas.